Dog Food Comparison Charts

These easy-to-follow charts compare the most important ingredients in a variety of popular dog food formulas. This info. will help you choose the best diet for your pooch!

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With the huge selection of dog food options available, we could all do with a little bit of help choosing the right formula for our pets.

The dog food comparison charts on this page make it easy to compare popular, premium foods at a glance.

That way you can be sure you're giving your dog the nutrition he needs, without all the 'stuff' that he doesn't.

*A growing puppy has completely different nutritional needs to an adult dog.

Click here to see puppy food comparison charts to help you find the right food for your little one.

Comparing Dog Food Ingredients

When you're making a comparison between different dog food brands/formulas, you need to look closely at the ingredients.

You want to see wholesome, human-grade ingredients and you don't want to see a lot of additives/chemicals or 'junk'.

The most important ones are the first 3 items to appear.....

Name of Food	1st Three Ingredients	Vitamins & Minerals	DHA/Omega-3
Precise Plus Canine Adult Formula	Chicken meal, ground brown rice, chicken	v	v
Precise Plus Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato Formula	Lamb meal, ground brown rice, oatmeal	v	v
Orijen Adult Dog	Fresh boneless chicken, chicken meal, fresh boneless salmon	v	v
Canidae All-Life Stages Formula (Dry)	Chicken meal, turkey meal, lamb meal	v	v
Canidae Platinum Formula (Dry)	Chicken meal, brown rice, white rice	v	v
Solid Gold Hund-n-Flocken Adult	Lamb, lamb meal, brown rice	v
Blue Buffalo Adult Chicken &am; Brown Rice	Deboned chicken, chicken meal, whole ground brown rice	v	v
Blue Buffalo Fish & Sweet Potato Recipe	White fish, whole ground brown rice, whole ground barley	v	v
Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Bison	Sweet potatoes, bison, potato protein	v
Natural Balance Vegetarian Formula	Brown rice, oatmeal, cracked pearl barley	v	v
Nature's Variety Chicken Meal Formula	Chicken meal, tapioca, chicken fat	v	v
Nature's Variety Salmon Meal Formula	salmon meal, herring meal, menhaden fish meal	v	v
Timberwolf Ocean Blue Canid Formula	White fish meal, salmon, dried potato product	v	v
Timberwolf Southwest Chicken & Herbs Canid Formula	Chicken meal, chicken, turkey meal	v	v
Wellness Super-5 Mix Complete Health Chicken Recipe	Deboned chicken, chicken meal, oatmeal	v	v
Wellness Super-5 Mix Lamb, Barley & Salmon Meal	Lamb, menhaden fish meal, oatmeal	v	v
California Natural Lamb Meal & Rice Adult/Large Bites	Lamb meal, brown rice, rice	v	v
California Natural Chicken Meal & Rice Adult	Chicken meal, brown rice, rice	v	v

Dog food manufacturers that adhere to the AAFCO standards are allowed to put the wording 'a complete and balanced diet' on their food bags.

This means that the food has been tested during feeding trials and is considered a well balanced diet.... however, not ALL foods whose label carries these words provide the nutrition that your dog needs!

To get all the information you need to understand AAFCO regulations, what dog food ingredients are important (and which ones shouldn't be there), the different dietary needs of puppies, large breed dogs, small breeds and super-active dogs and much more, visit my About Commercial Dog Food page.

It's packed full of important information and will help you understand and interpret these comparison charts fully.

Compare The Percentage Of Nutrients

When you're making comparisons, it's not just what goes into your dog's food that's crucial though.

The percentage at which each component appears is also important. There are certain minimums that any food should reach, and there are recommended maximums too.

Small breeds have different nutritional needs in comparison to the large/giant breeds. Puppies have very specific and unique requirements. My About Puppy Kibble page can fill you in on those.

The following dog food comparison chart shows the percentages of nutrients in each food. The figures for Crude Protein, Crude Fat and DHA/Omega-3 fatty acids are the minimum each food should contain.

The figures for Crude Fiber and Moisture are the shown as maximums.

Name of Food	Crude Protein	Crude Fat	Crude Fiber	Moisture	DHA/Omega-3
Precise Plus Canine Adult Formula	26%	16%	3.5%	10%	0.53%
Precise Plus Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato	22%	12%	3.5%	10%	0.60%
Orijen Adult Dog	38%	18%	3.9%	10%	1.1%
Orijen 6 Fish Dog	38%	17%	3%	10%	1.8%
Canidae All Life Stages Dry	24%	14.5%	4%	10%	0.5%
Canidae Platinum Formula Dry	20%	8.5%	4%	10%	0.5%
Solid Gold Hund-n-Flocken Adult	22%	10%	4%	10%	unknown
Blue Buffalo Adult Chicken & Brown Rice	24%	14%	4%	10%	0.3%
Blue Buffalo Adult Fish & Sweet Potato Recipe	22%	12%	4%	10%	1.37
Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Bison	20%	10%	4%	10%	0.3%
Natural Balance Vegetarian Formula	18%	8%	4%	10%	0.3%
Nature's Variety Chicken Meal Formula	42%	22%	3.2%	10%	0.69%
Nature's Variety Salmon Meal Formula	35%	20%	2.5%	10%	1.0%
Timberwolf Ocean Blue Canid Formula	26%	16%	3%	9%	1.3%
Timberwolf Southwest Chicken & Herbs Canid	25%	15%	3%	9%	1.0%
Wellness Super-5 Mix Complete Health Chicken	22%	12%	4%	11%	0.8%
Wellness Super-5 Mix Lamb, Barley & Salmon Meal	22%	12%	4%	11%	0.8%
California Natural Lamb Meal & Rice Adult/Large Bites	21%	11%	2%	10%	0.6%
California Natural Chicken Meal & Rice Adult	21%	11%	1.5%	10%	0.35%

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