Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon Swap Remove
• 02 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free Swap Remove

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.

	01 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon Swap Remove	02 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon 25.0%	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free 37.5% Best in this row
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. iEstimated, 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 Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon 48% 42.0% as fed	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free 34% 30.0% as fed Best in this row
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. iThe 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 Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon 2 of 5	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon None	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free 2 None in the last 3 years
Starch, As Fed iEstimated, 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 Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon 42.0%	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free 30.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon 354	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free 445
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon $3.95 21 lb bag, Amazon	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free $5.00 10 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 Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon $2.51 Best in this row	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free $2.96
First Five Ingredients	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild-Caught Whitefish, Ancient Grains & Salmon Whitefish, ocean fish meal, pearled barley, oatmeal, millet	02 Stella & Chewy’s Cage-Free Chicken Raw Coated Kibble for Small Breeds Grain-Free Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Meal, Peas, Lentils, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)

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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.