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Three 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.

Three Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken Swap Remove 02 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken 75.0% Best in this row 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0%
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 Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken 0% 0.0% as fed 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef 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 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken 1 of 5 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken None 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken 2 None in the last 3 years 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef 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 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken 0.0% 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0% 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken -- 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken $9.99 1 lb bag, Chewy 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef 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 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken $103.40 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Stella & Chewy’s Bountiful Bone Broth Cage-Free Chicken Chicken Bone Broth, Organic Squash, Ground Pumpkin Seeds, Tapioca, Gelatin 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative) 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Antibiotic-Free Meat (72.41%): Ground Lean Beef Meat, Beef Hearts, Beef Livers. Organic Vegetables (24.43%): Cabbage, Lettuce, Squash (seasonal)

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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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