The Comparison
Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Pedigree Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove
- 02 Pedigree Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove
- 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
- 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove
| 01 Pedigree Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove | 02 Pedigree Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove | 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 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 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 23.9% | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 23.9% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 22.2% | 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 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 53% 47.0% as fed | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 52% 46.0% as fed | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% 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 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 0 of 5 | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 1 of 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 1 of 5 | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file. |
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5 | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None Best in this row | 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 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor None | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 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 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 47.0% | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 46.0% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 48.5% | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 316 | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 342 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 363 | 04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Adult Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium), Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [preserved with Bha & Citric Acid]), Soybean Meal | 02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate) Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [preserved with Bha/citric Acid]), Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium) Soybean Meal, Ground Whole Grain Wheat | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum | 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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