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 Purina ONE SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula Swap Remove
- 02 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
| 01 Purina ONE SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula Swap Remove | 02 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 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 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula 31.8% | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% 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 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula 42% 36.5% as fed | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 12% 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 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula 2 of 5 | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5 | ||
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula 1 Menadione | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row | ||
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula 6 None in the last 3 years | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs 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 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula 36.5% | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 0.0% | ||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula 363 | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- | ||
| Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes | 01 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula $1.61 31.1 lb bag, Chewy | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- 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 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula $0.94 | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file. | ||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 SmartBlend Vibrant Maturity 7+ Formula Chicken, rice flour, corn protein meal, chicken by-product meal, soybean meal | 02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Chicken, Chicken Necks (bone in), Chicken Gizzards, Chicken Liver, Chicken Hearts |
Swap A Food
Replacing column 01.
- K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4% protein Swap In
- TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1% protein Swap In
- NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% protein Swap In
- K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% protein Swap In
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% protein Swap In
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6% protein Swap In
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5% protein Swap In
- Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% protein Swap In
- OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% protein Swap In
- Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 64.0% protein Swap In
- TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% protein Swap In
- TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5% protein Swap In
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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