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Two Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Every food here is made by Farmina, so the recall row cannot separate them.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Farmina Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine Swap Remove 02 Farmina Vet Life Convalescence Canine Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine 24.2% 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine 34.6% Best in this row
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine 56% 50.5% as fed 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine 34% 31.1% as fed Best in this row
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The count matches any named animal word in the opening five ingredients, so it also counts animal fats and flavourings as proteins. It is shown because it is one of the five measured lines, but it is too rough to call a winner on. 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine 2 of 5 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine None 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine None 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine None
Starch, As Fed Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine 50.5% 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine 31.1%
Kcal / Cup 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine 357 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine 402
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine $4.79 26.5 lb bag, Chewy 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine -- No price on file.
Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound. 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine $3.01 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Pet Foods - - Farmina Vet Life Canine rice, sweet potatoes, dehydrated chicken, whole oats, chicken fat 02 Vet Life Convalescence Canine dehydrated chicken, rice, chicken fat, dehydrated egg product, whole oats

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Every figure here is the food's own. Protein and carbohydrate are converted to dry matter so foods of different moisture can be set beside each other; starch is estimated from the guaranteed analysis with ash assumed at 6.0%, and the recall record belongs to the manufacturer rather than to the recipe. Two rows are printed but never marked: the named-protein count, because the detection behind it is too rough to call a winner on, and calories, because neither more nor fewer is better without knowing the dog.

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