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 NutriSource Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
- 02 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove
- 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove
- 04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
| 01 NutriSource Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice Swap Remove | 02 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove | 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove | 04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice 28.9% | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 25.6% | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% Best in this row | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1% |
| 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 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice 42% 38.0% as fed | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 48% 43.0% as fed | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% as fed | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice 3 of 5 | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 of 5 | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5 | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice None | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley None | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice 1 None in the last 3 years | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 None in the last 3 years | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice 38.0% | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 43.0% | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0% | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice 425 | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 396 | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- |
| Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes | 01 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice $3.30 12 lb bag, Discover NutriSource Pet Foods | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley $1.50 40 lb bag, Theisen's | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file. | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice $1.81 | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley $0.87 Best in this row | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file. | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file. |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Small Bites Adult Chicken & Rice chicken, chicken meal, brown rice, barley, chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols and citric acid) | 02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley turkey meal, whole grain sorghum, peas, barley, pea starch | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots |
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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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