Stella & Chewy's Stella's Super Beef Dinner Morsels Frozen Dog Food

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Stella & Chewy's Stella's Super Beef Frozen Raw Dinner Morsels

Raw beef in loose frozen pieces you scoop by the cup, rather than patties you count. Stella puts the recipe at 95% grass-fed beef, organs and bone.

Morsels or patties? The recipe is identical

We checked this carefully, because the two boxes look like different products and cost differently per pound.

Identical on every line, and the ingredient lists match word for word in both directions. Of the four recipes Stella makes in both forms, Super Beef is the only one where the two published lists agree perfectly... the chicken, lamb and poultry pairs each have a small discrepancy somewhere.

So the choice between morsels and patties here is purely about how you want to portion it:

• Morsels suit a dog whose amount doesn't land neatly on a patty, a dog whose portion changes as it grows or slims, and anyone topping another food rather than feeding a full raw meal. You measure them
• Patties suit a settled routine where you want to grab two and walk away. You count them

What a cup of these actually weighs

Stella publishes 219 kcal per cup and 1,869 kcal per kilo. Those two figures together mean a measured cup of these morsels weighs about 4.1 oz, or roughly 117 grams.

That's our calculation from Stella's own numbers, not something they publish, so treat it as close rather than exact. It's useful for two reasons: it tells you a 6 lb box holds roughly 23 cups, and it tells you a "cup" of frozen raw is much heavier than a cup of kibble. Use a real measuring cup rather than a coffee mug.

And by cup we mean a standard measured 8 oz dry measuring cup, level, not heaped.

Why the protein number looks low next to the freeze-dried

Because this food is 68% water and the freeze-dried version is about 5%. Stella's freeze-dried Super Beef page publishes a second "rehydrated" analysis showing what the dried food becomes once the water goes back in: 15% protein, 12% fat, 68% moisture. Those are exactly the numbers on this page.

Same recipe, water in or water out. A 15% frozen morsel is not a weaker food than a 41% freeze-dried one. What differs is price per pound of food, freezer space, and shipping... frozen is cheaper on the same recipe but is pickup and local delivery only. Freeze-dried costs more, keeps in a cupboard, and ships free over $75.

Six beef components, including tripe

Beef, beef liver, beef kidney, beef heart, beef tripe, beef bone. Six components before anything else appears, and tripe is the one worth noticing... it turns up in almost nothing else on the shelf.

Beef is the only animal species in it. No fish, no poultry, nothing hidden behind a vague "meat" term.

Then pumpkin seed, organic cranberries, spinach, broccoli, beets, carrots, squash and blueberries. Fenugreek seed, kelp, four probiotic strains, a full vitamin and mineral package, added taurine. Pea-free, lentil-free and potato-free.

Handling raw food safely

From Stella's own published guidance, with the morsel-specific points called out:

• Defrost overnight in a covered container in the refrigerator. Morsels can also be defrosted in a bowl on the counter for 10 to 20 minutes... a shortcut Stella offers for morsels and not for patties, because small pieces thaw fast
• To thaw faster still, seal the food in a zip-top bag or glass bowl and submerge in warm water
• Never cook, heat or microwave it
• Do not refreeze once thawed
• Wash your hands before and after handling it
• Use a clean dish every time, and clean any utensils or surfaces the raw food touches
• Served food can sit out up to two hours... discard anything left after that

One gap worth knowing about: Stella publishes a two-day refrigerator window for thawed patties, but states no post-thaw window for morsels anywhere we could find. We're not going to invent one. The sensible approach is to treat thawed morsels no more generously than patties, and the countertop shortcut means you can thaw small amounts as you need them rather than keeping thawed food around at all.

None of this handling guidance appears on Stella's product page... it comes from their separate feeding-frozen-food article. If there are small children or anyone immune-compromised in the house, talk to us and to your doctor before switching to raw.

Full ingredient list

Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Kidney, Beef Heart, Beef Tripe, Beef Bone, Pumpkin Seed, Organic Cranberries, Organic Spinach, Organic Broccoli, Organic Beets, Organic Carrots, Organic Squash, Organic Blueberries, Fenugreek Seed, Potassium Chloride, Dried Kelp, Sodium Phosphate, Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Choline Chloride, Dried Pediococcus Acidilactici fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus fermentation product, Dried Bifidobacterium Longum fermentation product, Dried Bacillus Coagulans fermentation product, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Taurine, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Niacin Supplement, D-calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid.

Reproduced exactly as Stella & Chewy's publishes it.

Guaranteed analysis

• Crude Protein (min) ... 15.00%
• Crude Fat (min) ... 12.00%
• Crude Fiber (max) ... 2.00%
• Moisture (max) ... 68.00%

Calorie content

219 kcal per cup ... 1,869 kcal/kg

Feeding guidelines

Stella's published amounts for adult dogs, per day, split across two meals. Measured 8 oz dry cups, level.

Every chart is a starting point. Check your dog's body condition after two or three weeks and adjust.

Switching over

Stella's guidance: seven to ten days, mixing with the current food and shifting the ratio. Sudden changes and overfeeding both cause digestive upset.

Sizes

Check the size selector above for what we currently stock. Stella does not publish package sizes for any of their frozen morsels on their website, which is why we aren't listing them here from their data... we'd rather point you at our own stock than repeat a figure they haven't given.

On the label statement

Stella does not publish the formal AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement or the life stage on their website for any frozen or freeze-dried raw product, so we can't tell you from here which life stage it's approved for. Ask us and we'll read it off the box rather than guess.

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