The Comparison
Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Eukanuba Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever Swap Remove
- 02 Eukanuba Adult Small Bites Swap Remove
- 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
- 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove
| 01 Eukanuba Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever Swap Remove | 02 Eukanuba Adult Small Bites Swap Remove | 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Swap Remove | 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever 25.6% | 02 Adult Small Bites 27.8% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1% | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0% 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 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever 48% 43.0% as fed | 02 Adult Small Bites 44% 39.2% as fed | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% as fed | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 38% 33.0% as fed Best in this row |
| 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 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever 2 of 5 | 02 Adult Small Bites 3 of 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 1 of 5 | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file. |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever None | 02 Adult Small Bites None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice None | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file. |
| 05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever None | 02 Adult Small Bites None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice None | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy None |
| 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 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever 43.0% | 02 Adult Small Bites 39.2% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 51.0% | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever 307 | 02 Adult Small Bites 371 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 363 | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Breed Specific Adult Labrador Retriever Chicken, Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Chicken By-Product Meal (Natural Source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine) | 02 Adult Small Bites Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn, Wheat, Chicken Fat | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- |
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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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