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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 Cesar, so the recall row cannot separate them.

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Cesar Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans Swap Remove 02 Cesar Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans 68.8% Best in this row 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets 41.7%
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 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans 0% 0.0% as fed 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets 19% 0.0% 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 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans 1 of 5 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans None 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans 1 None in the last 3 years 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets 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 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans 0.0% 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans -- 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets --
First Five Ingredients 01 Wholesome Bowls Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Green Beans Chicken, Water, Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, Soy Oil 02 Filets in Gravy Turkey Filets Turkey, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken, Chicken Liver

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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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