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Three Foods, One Method

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

Every food here is made by Stella & Chewy's, 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.

Three Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free Swap Remove 02 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains Swap Remove 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free 40.9% 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains 25.9% 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% 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 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free 29% 25.5% as fed Best in this row 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains 42% 40.5% as fed 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 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 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free 3 of 5 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains 3 of 5 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free None 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains None 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free 2 None in the last 3 years 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains 2 None in the last 3 years 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 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 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free 25.5% 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains 40.5% 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free 442 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains 382 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free $4.62 21 lb bag, Walmart 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains -- No price on file. 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- 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 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free $2.71 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains -- No price on file. 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Stella & Chewy’s Red Meat Raw Blend Kibble Grain-Free Beef, Pork Meal, Peas, Lentils, Salmon Meal 02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken & Ancient Grains Chicken, chicken meal, pearled barley, oatmeal, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols) 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic 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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