Pet food brand comparisons
Independent side-by-side breakdowns of 67 pet food brand matchups. Every comparison shows composite score, sub-score deltas, ingredient analysis, and daily feeding cost — so you can pick the food that actually fits your pet, not the one with the loudest marketing.
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How we compare brands
Each /vs/ page picks one representative product per brand (the canonical SKU most owners encounter — usually the adult kibble or the flagship wet recipe) and grades both on the same 100-point scale. We then surface the deltas: how much more protein, how much more transparent the label, how many extra controversial additives, and how the daily ration cost compares at typical retail prices. The brand with the higher composite score is flagged as the winner. Tied scores show as a tie and recommend reading the sub-score breakdown to choose by your pet's priorities (e.g. transparency matters most for raw feeders; protein quality matters most for performance dogs).
Comparisons are canonicalised lexicographically: /vs/acana-vs-orijen and /vs/orijen-vs-acana resolve to the same page. This avoids duplicate content and consolidates link equity to a single URL per pair.
Acana comparisons
- Acana vs Applaws Acana A (89/100) vs Applaws A (90/100). Applaws leads by 1 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Carnilove Acana A (89/100) vs Carnilove A (86/100). Acana leads by 3 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Edgard Cooper Acana A (89/100) vs Edgard Cooper B (82/100). Acana leads by 7 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Eukanuba Acana A (89/100) vs Eukanuba B (78/100). Acana leads by 11 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Iams Acana A (89/100) vs Iams B (80/100). Acana leads by 9 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Open Farm Acana A (89/100) vs Open Farm B (78/100). Acana leads by 11 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Ownat Acana A (89/100) vs Ownat B (82/100). Acana leads by 7 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Taste Of The Wild Acana A (89/100) vs Taste Of The Wild B (80/100). Acana leads by 9 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Ultra Premium Direct Acana A (89/100) vs Ultra Premium Direct A (88/100). Acana leads by 1 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Wellness Acana A (89/100) vs Wellness A (87/100). Acana leads by 2 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Wellness Core Acana A (89/100) vs Wellness Core B (82/100). Acana leads by 7 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Acana vs Ziwi Peak Acana A (90/100) vs Ziwi Peak B (77/100). Acana leads by 13 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
Applaws comparisons
- Applaws vs Farmina Applaws A (90/100) vs Farmina A (87/100). Applaws leads by 3 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Applaws vs Open Farm Applaws A (90/100) vs Open Farm B (78/100). Applaws leads by 12 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Applaws vs Ownat Applaws A (90/100) vs Ownat B (82/100). Applaws leads by 8 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Applaws vs Wellness Applaws A (90/100) vs Wellness A (87/100). Applaws leads by 3 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
Atavik comparisons
Brit comparisons
Carnilove comparisons
Edgard & Cooper comparisons
Eukanuba comparisons
- Eukanuba vs Felix Eukanuba B (78/100) vs Felix C (64/100). Eukanuba leads by 14 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Eukanuba vs Friskies Eukanuba B (78/100) vs Friskies B (77/100). Eukanuba leads by 1 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Eukanuba vs Hill's Eukanuba B (78/100) vs Hill's B (78/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Eukanuba vs Iams Eukanuba B (78/100) vs Iams B (80/100). Iams leads by 2 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Eukanuba vs Orijen Eukanuba B (78/100) vs Orijen A (94/100). Orijen leads by 16 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Eukanuba vs PEDIGREE Eukanuba B (80/100) vs PEDIGREE C (68/100). Eukanuba leads by 12 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Eukanuba vs Purina One Eukanuba B (78/100) vs Purina One B (80/100). Purina One leads by 2 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
Farmina comparisons
- Farmina vs Acana Farmina A (88/100) vs Acana A (90/100). Two of Europe's most praised A-grade brands. Which delivers better ingredients for the price?
- Farmina vs Felix Farmina C (66/100) vs Felix C (66/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs Friskies Farmina C (68/100) vs Friskies C (68/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs Hill's Farmina C (68/100) vs Hill's C (68/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs Ownat Farmina A (87/100) vs Ownat B (82/100). Farmina leads by 5 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Farmina vs Pedigree Farmina C (68/100) vs Pedigree C (68/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs Purina Farmina C (66/100) vs Purina C (66/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs Taste Of The Wild Farmina A (87/100) vs Taste Of The Wild B (80/100). Farmina leads by 7 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
Felix comparisons
- Felix vs Friskies Felix C (64/100) vs Friskies B (77/100). Friskies leads by 13 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Felix vs Gourmet Felix C (64/100) vs Gourmet D (50/100). Felix leads by 14 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Felix vs Hill's Felix C (64/100) vs Hill's B (78/100). Hill's leads by 14 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Felix vs Purina One Felix C (64/100) vs Purina One B (80/100). Purina One leads by 16 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Felix vs Royal Canin Felix C (64/100) vs Royal Canin B (84/100). Royal Canin leads by 20 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Felix vs Sheba Felix C (64/100) vs Sheba B (77/100). Sheba leads by 13 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Felix vs Whiskas Felix E (35/100) vs Whiskas D (30/100). Two of the UK's most-bought cat foods. PetFoodRate scores both and explains what's really in the pouch.
Friskies comparisons
- Friskies vs Gourmet Friskies B (77/100) vs Gourmet D (50/100). Friskies leads by 27 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Friskies vs Hill's Friskies B (77/100) vs Hill's B (78/100). Hill's leads by 1 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Friskies vs PEDIGREE Friskies D (43/100) vs PEDIGREE C (68/100). PEDIGREE leads by 25 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Friskies vs Purina One Friskies B (77/100) vs Purina One B (80/100). Purina One leads by 3 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Friskies vs Royal Canin Friskies B (77/100) vs Royal Canin B (84/100). Royal Canin leads by 7 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Friskies vs Whiskas Friskies D (43/100) vs Whiskas C (55/100). Whiskas leads by 12 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
Gourmet comparisons
Hill's comparisons
- Hill's vs PEDIGREE Hill's B (78/100) vs PEDIGREE C (68/100). Hill's leads by 10 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Hill's vs Purina One Hill's B (78/100) vs Purina One B (80/100). Purina One leads by 2 points on the PetFoodRate methodology. Full ingredient and sub-score breakdown.
- Hill's vs Purina Hill's B (72/100) vs Purina Pro Plan B (68/100). Both vets recommend them. PetFoodRate compares ingredients and scores independently.
Iams comparisons
Open Farm comparisons
Orijen comparisons
Pedigree comparisons
PEDIGREE comparisons
Royal Canin comparisons
Sheba comparisons
Taste of the Wild comparisons
Taste Of The Wild comparisons
Wellness comparisons
Frequently asked questions
- How do you decide which brand wins a comparison?
- The brand with the higher PetFoodRate composite score (out of 100) wins. The composite aggregates five sub-scores: protein quality, nutritional balance, undesirable additives, label transparency, and species adaptability. We never let price, popularity, or vet endorsements override the score — only the data on the label decides.
- Why is the same comparison sometimes shown as A-vs-B and sometimes as B-vs-A?
- Each pair has one canonical URL using lexicographic ordering (alphabetical). If you request /vs/orijen-vs-acana, we 301 redirect to /vs/acana-vs-orijen so the page consolidates link equity to one URL. The order does not affect which brand wins — that is decided by the score.
- Are these comparisons updated when scores change?
- Yes. Every comparison page reads live scores from our database, so a re-rating immediately reflects on the page. Score updates happen weekly as products are re-graded against new methodology iterations or new label data.
- Do you accept payment from brands to influence the comparison verdict?
- No. We never accept payment, sample fees, or affiliate-only deals from brands. The same methodology is applied uniformly to every product. Affiliate commissions exist on some links to merchants (Awin, Amazon Associates) but they never alter a product's score.