Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Simply Nourish Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew Swap Remove
- 02 Simply Nourish Hip & Joint Swap Remove
- 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
- 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
| 01 Simply Nourish Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew Swap Remove | 02 Simply Nourish Hip & Joint Swap Remove | 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove | 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew 27.3% | 02 Hip & Joint 63.3% Best in this row | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% |
| 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 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew 46% 6.0% as fed | 02 Hip & Joint 10% 0.0% as fed | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 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 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew 3 of 5 | 02 Hip & Joint 2 of 5 | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5 | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew None | 02 Hip & Joint None | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew 1 None in the last 3 years | 02 Hip & Joint 1 None in the last 3 years | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 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 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew 6.0% | 02 Hip & Joint 0.0% | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0% | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew -- | 02 Hip & Joint -- | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406 | 04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Original Adult - Shreds, Salmon, Chicken & Rice Stew Salmon, Fish Broth, Chicken, Water, Rice | 02 Hip & Joint Chicken (source of chondroitin sulfate), chicken broth, water sufficient for processing, carrots, green peas | 03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp | 04 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) |
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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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