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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 Smallbatch, so the recall row cannot separate them.

Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen is missing carbohydrate load, so it is judged on fewer measures than the others here.

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Smallbatch Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen Swap Remove 02 Smallbatch Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen 66.8% 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen 71.4% Best in this row
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 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen 0% 0.0% as fed 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen -- Needs protein, fat, fiber and moisture.
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 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen 5 of 5 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen None 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen None 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen 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 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen 0.0% 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen --
Kcal / Cup 01 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen -- 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen --
Measures On File 01 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen 5 of 5 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen 4 of 5
First Five Ingredients 01 Raw Turkey Sliders Frozen Turkey (with ground bone), Turkey, Turkey Liver, Turkey Gizzards, Turkey Heart 02 Lightly Cooked Turkey Frozen Turkey (with ground bone), Turkey, Turkey Gizzards, Turkey Liver, Turkey Heart

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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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