Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
- 02 Earthborn Holistic Small Breed Swap Remove
- 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove
- 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
| 01 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove | 02 Earthborn Holistic Small Breed Swap Remove | 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove | 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% Best in this row | 02 Small Breed 31.1% | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6% |
| 02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% as fed | 02 Small Breed 40% 36.0% as fed | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% as fed | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 7% 0.0% as fed |
| 03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The count matches any named animal word in the opening five ingredients, so it also counts animal fats and flavourings as proteins. It is shown because it is one of the five measured lines, but it is too rough to call a winner on. | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5 | 02 Small Breed 2 of 5 | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5 | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 4 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None | 02 Small Breed None | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row | 02 Small Breed None Best in this row | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row |
| Starch, As Fed Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0% | 02 Small Breed 36.0% | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0% | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- | 02 Small Breed 400 | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart | 02 Small Breed Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Dried Egg, Tapioca, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols) | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen White Fish (Pollock), Turkey Neck, Turkey Gizzard, Beef Liver, Broccoli |
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Every figure here is the food's own. Protein and carbohydrate are converted to dry matter so foods of different moisture can be set beside each other; starch is estimated from the guaranteed analysis with ash assumed at 6.0%, and the recall record belongs to the manufacturer rather than to the recipe. Two rows are printed but never marked: the named-protein count, because the detection behind it is too rough to call a winner on, and calories, because neither more nor fewer is better without knowing the dog.
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