Two 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 Iams Adult Small Breed Swap Remove
- 02 Purina Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula Swap Remove
| 01 Iams Adult Small Breed Swap Remove | 02 Purina Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula Swap Remove | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Adult Small Breed 30.0% Best in this row | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula 29.5% | ||
| 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 Adult Small Breed 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula 41% 36.0% 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 Adult Small Breed 3 of 5 | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula 2 of 5 | ||
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Adult Small Breed None Best in this row | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula 1 Menadione | ||
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Adult Small Breed 1 None in the last 3 years Best in this row | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula 6 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 Adult Small Breed 36.0% | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula 36.0% | ||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Adult Small Breed 393 | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula 435 | ||
| Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes | 01 Adult Small Breed $1.93 15.5 lb bag, Walmart | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula $3.23 24 lb bag, Chewy | ||
| 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 Adult Small Breed $1.13 Best in this row | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula $1.85 | ||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Adult Small Breed Chicken, chicken by-product meal, ground whole grain corn, ground whole grain sorghum, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols) | 02 Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Turkey & Oatmeal Formula Turkey, Oatmeal, Barley, Fish Meal, Canola Meal |
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- OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% protein Add
- Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 64.0% protein Add
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% protein Add
- TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% protein Add
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.
Think You Know What Your Dog Can Eat?
Ten everyday foods. Safe, In Moderation or Never. No googling, no second guesses. Then share your score with your friends, however embarrassing it turns out to be.
115 foods in the deck. Grapes are in there. So is cheese.
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Ten foods, one at a time. Call each one Safe, In Moderation or Never, then flip the card to see if you had it right. The ones you miss are listed at the end.
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