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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 Dave's Pet Food, 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 Dave's Pet Food Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free Swap Remove 02 Dave's Pet Food Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 40.9% 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / 40.9%
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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 2% 0.0% as fed 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / 9% 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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 4 of 5 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free None 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free None 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / 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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 0.0% 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free -- 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / --
First Five Ingredients 01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free Turkey, Chicken, Water Sufficient For Processing, Turkey Liver, Turkey Heart 02 Dave’s Pet Food Naturally Healthy Chicken & Rice Entrée For Dogs / Chicken, water sufficient for processing, brewers rice, dried egg product, guar gum

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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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