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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 Pure Balance, 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 Pure Balance Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can Swap Remove 02 Pure Balance Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can 38.9% Best in this row 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken 31.8%
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+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can 19% 0.0% as fed 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken 30% 2.5% 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+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can 4 of 5 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can None 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can None 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken 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 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can 0.0% 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken 2.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can -- 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken --
First Five Ingredients 01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Stew for Puppy Can Chicken, chicken broth, water sufficient for processing, chicken liver, salmon 02 Pro+ Performance Turkey & Chicken TURKEY, TURKEY BROTH, WATER SUFFICIENT FOR PROCESSING, CHICKEN, TURKEY 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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