Compare foods side by side
Pick two to four foods. We line up score, meat, nutrition, energy and cost so the differences are easy to see.
At a glance
DFR score
Out of 100. The shading shows the bands: 75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.
- Natural Instinct Special Diet85Excellent
- Mersey Raw Chicken Raw Dog Food97ExcellentHighest
What it is made of
Percent of the food with the water taken out, so wet, raw and dry foods line up. Carbs are our estimate from the label.
- Natural Instinct Special DietProtein 62Fat 19Carbs 9Fibre, ash, other 9
- Mersey Raw Chicken Raw Dog FoodCarbs can’t be worked out
Side by side
Natural InstinctSpecial Diet | Mersey RawChicken Raw Dog Food | |
|---|---|---|
| DFR score | Excellent | ExcellentHighest |
| Named meatas declared | 75% | 100%Highest |
| First ingredient | beef liver 5% | 80% chicken meat |
| Type | Raw · Adult | Raw · Adult |
| Price per kgcheapest pack found | £6.60 | £5.20Lowest |
| Price per 1,000 kcalfair between wet, raw and dry | £6.71 | Not available |
| Energy | 98.3 kcal/100 g | Not on label |
| Proteinas fed | 14.8% | 17.77% |
| Carbohydrateestimated, dry weight | ~9% | Not on label |
| Fatas fed | 4.6% | 5.53% |
| Fibreas fed | 0.4% | Not on label |
| Moisture | 76.3% | 73.5% |
| Points lostingredient flags | None | None |
Cells marked Highest or Lowest and shaded green are the best of the foods you picked: the highest score and meat, the lowest cost. Protein and fat as fed aren’t directly comparable between wet and dry foods because of the water, see wet vs dry.

