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Stella & Chewy's: Facts, Recalls & Verified Foods
Stella & Chewy's is made by L Catterton, founded 2003 — it scores green on 2 of 5 WSAVA-aligned criteria we track (0 red, 3 undisclosed), 2 FDA recalls on record, and 0 of the 8 Stella & Chewy's foods we've verified carry an AAFCO feeding-trial statement.
· 8 Stella & Chewy's food labels checked
The scorecard
WSAVA-aligned criteria
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association's nutrition guidelines suggest questions to ask any pet food maker before you buy. Here are this brand's answers, each with its source, or marked undisclosed when we could not confirm one.
2 of 5 criteria confirmed yes · 0 confirmed no · 3 undisclosed. Undisclosed is common, especially for smaller brands — it means we couldn't confirm an answer from a public source, not that the answer is unfavorable.
We could not confirm this from a public source.
Company owns and operates its own plant in Oak Creek, WI (SQF-certified).
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No feeding-trial AAFCO statement found on the 8 labels we’ve verified for this brand, and no company-wide claim was found either. Most pet foods are only "formulated to meet" AAFCO profiles (a paper calculation) rather than fed to real animals in trials — this is common, not necessarily a red flag.
covers: finished-product pathogen testing (page continues: nothing leaves without negative results); COA page posts results.
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PubMed lists no animal or pet paper with Stella & Chewy's in an author address. Not proof no research exists — only that none is indexed under that company name.
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These five checks come from WSAVA's guidelines on selecting pet foods — not our own opinion score. WSAVA does not approve or list brands. See how all 50 brands we track answer WSAVA's questions → · Our methodology →
The company
Who makes Stella & Chewy's
Ownership and history, each sourced independently — private-label and co-packed brands often hide the actual manufacturer behind the name on the bag.
Parent company
L Catterton
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Founded
2003
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Headquarters
Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
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The cost
What Stella & Chewy's costs, against everything else we have priced
The median Stella & Chewy's dry food we have priced works out at $3.23 per 1,000 kcal, against $2.11 for the median dry food we have priced — so it sits about 1.5x above the market. Cost per 1,000 kcal is the only basis that survives different bag sizes and moisture levels; per pound this comparison would mean nothing. On composition the gap is usually smaller than the price gap implies: 44.3% dry-matter protein against a median of 32.2%.
Stella & Chewy's foods by cost per 1,000 kcal
| Food | Form | Protein (DM) | Cost / 1,000 kcal | Buy |
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| Raw Coated Cat Kibble: Cage-Free Chicken Recipe | dry | 43.2% | $2.14 | Check price |
| Raw Coated Cat Kibble: Wild-Caught Salmon Recipe | dry | 44.3% | $3.23 | Check price |
What Stella & Chewy's actually puts in its food
The ingredients this brand reaches for most across its 8 verified foods, counted once per recipe. Each links to what the ingredient is, what the evidence says, and how common it is industry-wide.
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Taurine (supplemental)
In 8 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (100%).
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Mixed tocopherols (natural vitamin E)
In 6 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (75%).
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Probiotics (live microbials)
In 6 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (75%).
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Named Meat/Poultry Meal (e.g., Chicken Meal, Lamb Meal)
In 4 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (50%).
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Lentils
In 4 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (50%).
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Peas
In 4 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (50%).
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Yucca schidigera extract
In 4 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (50%).
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Rosemary extract
In 4 of 8 Stella & Chewy's foods (50%).
The safety record
FDA recall history
From the FDA's Animal & Veterinary recall list, last checked 2026-11-11, plus older FDA notices we added by hand. Stella & Chewy's recall page →
Frozen Stella's Super Beef Dinner Morsels for Dogs (8.5 oz, 4 lb) and Duck Duck Goose Dinner Morsels for Cats, lot 165-15; precautionary: Chick Chick Chicken Dinner Morsels for Cats lots 160-15, 152-15
Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination (Michigan Dept of Agriculture positive test)
All products from lot 111-15 (freeze-dried Chewy's Chicken Dinner for dogs, Chick Chick Chicken for cats, Carnivore Crunch Turkey, frozen dog patties and morsels) plus other products that may have touched the lot
Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination (positive in Chewy's Chicken Freeze-Dried Dinner Patties, Maryland Dept of Agriculture)
The FDA's online recall list is complete for recent years but leaves out many notices from before about 2023. We add older FDA recall notices by hand when we find them.
The labels
What we've verified from Stella & Chewy's's labels
Computed directly from the official-label data we've extracted for this brand — never estimated.
Foods verified
8
0 dog · 8 cat
Feeding-trial validated
0
of 8 (0%)
Formulated to meet
0
AAFCO paper calculation
Label transparency
52%
avg. fields disclosed
The foods
Foods from Stella & Chewy's we've verified
Every one links to its own Verified Label — guaranteed analysis, AAFCO statement, and (where priced) cost per day.