Skip to content
In The Kibble
My dogs
The Comparison

Two Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Every food here is made by Blue, so the recall row cannot separate them.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Blue Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend Swap Remove 02 Blue Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend 46.7% Best in this row 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice 22.2%
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 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend 19% 17.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice 51% 46.0% 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 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend 4 of 5 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend None 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend 2 None in the last 3 years 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years
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 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend 17.0% 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice 46.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend 466 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice 365
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend -- No price on file. 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice $2.35 34 lb bag, Walmart
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 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend -- No price on file. 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice $1.48
First Five Ingredients 01 Carnivora Adult Prairie Blend Deboned Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Meal, Dried Chicken, Tapioca Starch 02 Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb and Brown Rice Deboned Lamb, Menhaden Fish Meal (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley

+ Add A Food

Add A Food

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.

Keep In The Know,
Know What's In The Bowl

The In the Kibble newsletter. Useful emails for dog owners: what we find inside dog food, how to feed well, and a heads-up when a food is recalled.
DOUBLE OPT-IN // ONE CLICK TO STOP // NEVER SHARED