The Comparison
Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Nutro>Ultra Nutro Ultra Senior Swap Remove
- 02 Nutro>Ultra Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult Swap Remove
- 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Swap Remove
- 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove
| 01 Nutro>Ultra Nutro Ultra Senior Swap Remove | 02 Nutro>Ultra Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult Swap Remove | 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & 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 Nutro Ultra Senior 28.9% | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult 25.6% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2% | 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 Nutro Ultra Senior 48% 43.0% as fed | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult 50% 45.0% as fed | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 60% 54.0% 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 Nutro Ultra Senior 2 of 5 | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult 2 of 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & 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 Nutro Ultra Senior None | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & 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 Nutro Ultra Senior None | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & 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 Nutro Ultra Senior 43.0% | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult 45.0% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 54.0% | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Nutro Ultra Senior 316 | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult 346 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 353 | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Nutro Ultra Senior Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Whole Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Rice Bran | 02 Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Whole Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Rice Bran | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn | 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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