Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Abound Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
- 02 Abound Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
- 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
- 04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
| 01 Abound Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove | 02 Abound Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato Swap Remove | 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove | 04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 30.0% | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato 27.8% | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1% |
| 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 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 41% 37.0% as fed | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato 46% 41.0% as fed | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed |
| 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 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5 | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato 2 of 5 | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5 | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 1 Menadione | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato None Best in this row | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato 2 None in the last 3 years | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row |
| 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 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 37.0% | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato 41.0% | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0% | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice -- | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato -- | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231 | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Pro Vet Formulated Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Chicken, brown rice, chicken meal, barley, poultry fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols) | 02 Grain Free All Life Stages Salmon & Sweet Potato Deboned salmon, chicken meal, sweet potatoes, garbanzo beans, peas | 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative) | 04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots |
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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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