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 ApplawsAcana 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 CarniloveAcana 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 CooperAcana 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 EukanubaAcana 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 IamsAcana 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 FarmAcana 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 OwnatAcana 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 WildAcana 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 DirectAcana 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 WellnessAcana 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 CoreAcana 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 PeakAcana 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 FarminaApplaws 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 FarmApplaws 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 OwnatApplaws 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 WellnessApplaws 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
Carnilove comparisons
Edgard & Cooper comparisons
Eukanuba comparisons
- Eukanuba vs FelixEukanuba 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 FriskiesEukanuba 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'sEukanuba B (78/100) vs Hill's B (78/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Eukanuba vs IamsEukanuba 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 OrijenEukanuba 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 PEDIGREEEukanuba 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 OneEukanuba 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 AcanaFarmina 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 FelixFarmina C (66/100) vs Felix C (66/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs FriskiesFarmina C (68/100) vs Friskies C (68/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs Hill'sFarmina C (68/100) vs Hill's C (68/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs OwnatFarmina 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 PedigreeFarmina C (68/100) vs Pedigree C (68/100). Both score the same — sub-scores and daily cost compared side-by-side.
- Farmina vs PurinaFarmina 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 WildFarmina 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 FriskiesFelix 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 GourmetFelix 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'sFelix 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 OneFelix 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 CaninFelix 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 ShebaFelix 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 WhiskasFelix 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 GourmetFriskies 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'sFriskies 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 PEDIGREEFriskies 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 OneFriskies 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 CaninFriskies 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 WhiskasFriskies 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 PEDIGREEHill'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 OneHill'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 PurinaHill's B (72/100) vs Purina Pro Plan B (68/100). Both vets recommend them. PetFoodRate compares ingredients and scores independently.
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.