Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
- 02 Blue True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish Swap Remove
- 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
- 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
| 01 Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Swap Remove | 02 Blue True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish Swap Remove | 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove | 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 44.4% | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish 31.8% | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row |
| 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 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 22% 0.0% as fed | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish 30% 2.5% as fed | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row |
| 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 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 4 of 5 | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish 3 of 5 | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5 | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper None | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish None | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 2 None in the last 3 years | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish 2 None in the last 3 years | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 0.0% | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish 2.5% | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0% | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper -- | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish -- | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406 | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231 |
| Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes | 01 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper $7.30 3.2 oz bag, Walmart | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish -- No price on file. | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file. | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. |
| Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound. | 01 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper $17.49 | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish -- No price on file. | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file. | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Beef Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Beef, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Liver, Dried Egg Product | 02 True Solutions Skin & Coat Care Whitefish Whitefish (source of Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids), Fish Broth, Potatoes, Salmon Hydrolysate, Pea Flour | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp | 04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative) |
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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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