Bountiful Beef ingredients: beef, potatoes, carrots, peas, flaxseed oil, supplement blend (probiotics, prebiotics, digestive enzymes, glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, hyaluronic acid, flaxseed, omega 3, vitamins), plus chicken, goat milk powder, dried pumpkin, sunflower lecithin, natural creatine, carnitine, rosemary extract and maltodextrin.

Chow Down Chicken ingredients: chicken, yams, squash, peas, flaxseed oil, the same supplement blend, plus chicken, goat milk powder, dried pumpkin, sunflower lecithin, natural creatine, carnitine, rosemary extract and maltodextrin.

Guaranteed analysis, Bountiful Beef: crude protein 20.1% min, crude fat 13.7% min, crude fibre 1.5% max, moisture 52.2% max, ash 0.8% max. ME 2,274 kcal/kg. Guaranteed analysis, Chow Down Chicken: crude protein 13.6% min, crude fat 8.2% min, crude fibre 1.5% max, moisture 68.3% max, ash 1.1% max. ME 1,427 kcal/kg. Both attributed to RL Food Testing Laboratory, Inc.

The AAFCO statement covers Bountiful Beef only: it is formulated to meet the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance. Nothing equivalent has been published for Chow Down Chicken, so we are not going to imply the chicken recipe carries it. If complete-and-balanced status matters to you for every meal, ask us and we will get the chicken recipe confirmed in writing before you order.

Storage, which the supplier does not state clearly: their own copy mentions stocking a freezer but also says to simply heat and serve, with no thawing step. Those two do not sit together, and we are not going to guess which is right. Ask us before you order and we will get a straight answer on whether this ships and stores frozen or ambient.

Feeding amounts, which the supplier does not publish: no chart matching portions to your dog's weight appears anywhere in their material. How many meals a day your dog needs depends on weight, age and activity, and we would rather send you to your vet than invent a number. Ask and we will push the supplier for a proper guide.

Changing food: whatever your dog eats now, move across over about a week — a quarter new food for two days, then half, then three quarters, then all of it. Dogs handle a gradual switch far better than an overnight one, and that holds for any change of diet.

Why portioned meals: the case is 24 sealed single servings rather than one large pack. You are paying for the portioning, and what you get is no scooping, no guessing and no half-open pack in the fridge. Whether that trade is worth it depends on how many dogs you feed and how much freezer space you have.

Buying by the case is what makes the per-unit price work. If a carton is more than you need, there are smaller counts of the same product in the range.

Is the AAFCO statement for the whole case?
No. It covers Bountiful Beef. The supplier has published no nutritional adequacy statement for Chow Down Chicken, and we would rather tell you that than let the beef statement quietly cover both.

Is this frozen or shelf-stable?
The supplier has not said, and their own wording points both ways. Until we have it confirmed we would rather you asked us than assumed. It is the single biggest gap in this listing and we have flagged it upstream.

Why does the chicken recipe have so much less protein?
Mostly moisture. The chicken sits at 68.3% moisture against the beef's 52.2%, so there is less of everything else per gram. Compared dry, the gap narrows considerably — but the beef is still the richer of the two.

How many meals a day does my dog need?
There is no feeding chart published for this product. That depends on weight, age and activity, so it is a question for your vet rather than for us.