Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Abound All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin Swap Remove
- 02 Abound All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
- 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
- 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
| 01 Abound All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin Swap Remove | 02 Abound All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove | 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove | 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin 29.5% | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice 28.4% | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% Best in this row | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% |
| 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 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin 41% 36.0% as fed | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice 43% 38.0% as fed | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin 2 of 5 | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5 | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5 | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin None | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice None | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin 2 None in the last 3 years | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years |
| 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 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin 36.0% | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice 38.0% | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0% | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin 422 | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice -- | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406 |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 All Life Stages Superfood Blend Salmon, Egg & Pumpkin Salmon, brewers rice, barley, chicken meal, oatmeal | 02 All Life Stages Chicken & Brown Rice Deboned chicken, chicken meal, ground brown rice, pearled barley, oat groats | 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Antibiotic-Free Meat (72.41%): Ground Lean Beef Meat, Beef Hearts, Beef Livers. Organic Vegetables (24.43%): Cabbage, Lettuce, Squash (seasonal) | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp |
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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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