40 rows · high to low
Highest protein
Ordered by dry-matter protein, 31.8–50% across the rows shown.
Highest-fat dog foods, on a dry-matter basis
Edition updated
Fat is the densest energy source in the bowl at roughly 9 kcal per gram, so the top of this list overlaps heavily with the most calorie-dense foods. Ranked on a dry-matter basis so formats are comparable.
The order is one number the manufacturer published, sorted high to low. It is not a score, not a shortlist and not a recommendation: no row here is endorsed over any other, and a food's position tells you what its label says, not whether it suits your dog.
Highest protein 40 Most calorie-dense 40 Least calorie-dense 40 Highest fat 40 Lowest carbohydrate 40 All foods 123
Rows ranked
40
of 114 foods that publish it, from 16 brands
Fat, dry matter
17.6–31.8%
median 20% across the rows shown
Highest published
31.8%
Natural Balance Duck & Brown Rice Recipe (Canned)
No fat published
9
foods left out of the sort, never ranked as zero
How to read a fat ranking
The sorted column is crude fat on a dry-matter basis, converted with DM% = as-fed ÷ (100 − moisture) × 100 so that a fresh recipe and a kibble are on one scale. Fat is the densest energy source in the bowl, so this list overlaps heavily with calorie density — the kcal/kg column sits in the table above so the overlap can be checked rather than taken on trust.
On US guaranteed analyses, fat is a guaranteed minimum: the figure is a floor the manufacturer commits to, not a measurement of the batch in front of you. 1 of these rows come from a typical dry-matter table instead, which is an average rather than a floor. 1 row uses an EU declared analytical constituent rather than a US guarantee. The label does not state which fats they are, and this ranking makes no claim about fat source or fatty acid profile — neither is a published number, so neither is sorted here.
9 of the 123 formulas in the database publish no fat figure at all, so they are absent from the table rather than parked at the bottom of it: a value nobody published is not a zero, and we name every manufacturer that withholds one. 25 of the 40 rows share their value with at least one other row, and ties are broken alphabetically, which means the order inside a tie carries no information. The table stops at 40 rows; the other 74 eligible formulas are in the full index.
What the order does not mean: there is no reading of this table in which the top is "better". A high-fat food is a high-energy food, which suits some dogs and is wrong for others, and dietary fat is squarely clinical territory — pancreatitis and hyperlipidaemia are managed with veterinary diets under supervision. That is also why this site publishes no lowest-fat ranking: a ranked list of low-fat foods reads as a therapeutic recommendation however carefully it is captioned, and we are not in a position to make one.
The other rankings
40 rows · high to low
Most calorie-dense
Ordered by metabolisable energy per kilogram, 3,688–5,400 kcal/kg across the rows shown.
40 rows · low to high
Least calorie-dense
Ordered by metabolisable energy per kilogram, 922–3,550 kcal/kg across the rows shown.
40 rows · low to high
Lowest carbohydrate
Ordered by estimated dry-matter carbohydrate, 13.6–37.2% across the rows shown.
Method
How every number is produced
Sourcing, dry-matter conversion, the carbohydrate estimate and its ash assumption, and what we refuse to guess.
Edition updated 2026-07-27 Methodology