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 Wellness Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey Swap Remove
- 02 Wellness Complete Health Lamb & Barley Swap Remove
- 03 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove
- 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
| 01 Wellness Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey Swap Remove | 02 Wellness Complete Health Lamb & Barley Swap Remove | 03 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove | 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey 38.9% | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 26.7% | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 64.0% Best in this row | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% |
| 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 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey 32% 28.5% as fed Best in this row | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 6% 0.0% as fed | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey 3 of 5 | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 2 of 5 | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 2 of 5 | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey None | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley None | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey 2 None in the last 3 years | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 2 None in the last 3 years | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None Best in this row | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 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 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey 28.5% | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 44.0% | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 0.0% | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey 403 | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 417 | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406 |
| Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes | 01 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey $4.10 20 lb bag, Chewy | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley $2.33 30 lb bag, Amazon | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file. | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- 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 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey $2.42 | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley $1.41 Best in this row | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file. | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file. |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Core RawRev Wholesome Grains Original + 100% Raw Turkey Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Oatmeal, Turkey Meal, Barley | 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley Lamb, Lamb Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Barley, Peas, Sorghum | 03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Chicken (Boneless, Skinless Breast), Chicken Broth, Pumpkin, Carrot, Pea | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp |
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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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