Best Dog Food Ranked by AI Models (2026)
Tracked across 1 benchmark run from May 20, 2026 to May 20, 2026
The exact question we asked AI models
“I am a 35-year-old dog owner with a 4-year-old Labrador Retriever living in the suburbs. I am looking for dog food. Can you compare the top brands and rank them?”
Brand Recommendations
Aggregated across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity over 1 benchmark run.
| # | Brand | Mentions | Top-3 | First Picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purina Pro Plan | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Royal Canin | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Hills Science Diet | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Wellness | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Orijen | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Blue Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | The Farmers Dog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kirkland Signature | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Eukanuba | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Taste of the Wild | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nutro | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Open Farm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Model-by-Model Breakdown
Top brands each AI model recommends for this prompt.
chatgpt
- 1.Purina Pro Plan
- 2.Hills Science Diet
- 3.Royal Canin
- 4.Eukanuba
claude
- 1.Purina Pro Plan
- 2.Royal Canin
- 3.Hills Science Diet
- 4.Blue Buffalo
- 5.Taste of the Wild
gemini
- 1.Royal Canin
- 2.Purina Pro Plan
- 3.Hills Science Diet
- 4.Blue Buffalo
perplexity
- 1.Royal Canin
Key Insights
Key Takeaway
For a Labrador owner, AI recommendations consolidate around three brands - Purina Pro Plan, Hills Science Diet, and Royal Canin - in every single response from every model. This is the most locked universal-tier consensus we have observed. The cross-model consensus is also that these three are recommended specifically because they meet the full WSAVA criteria, which most boutique brands fail by design. The brand-recommendation moat is built on veterinary infrastructure investment (full-time nutritionists, owned manufacturing, feeding trials) that takes years to replicate.
Top Brands Summary
Purina Pro Plan, Hills Science Diet, and Royal Canin form an absolutely locked universal-tier trio - mentioned by every model in every single prompt. This is the tightest cross-model consensus we have seen in any category to date. Royal Canin Labrador Retriever Adult is the consensus #1 in three of four P1 responses (breed-specific positioning wins). Purina Pro Plan is the consensus #1 in the price-constrained P2 responses. Blue Buffalo, Eukanuba, Iams, and Orijen form the second tier.
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