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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.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Smallbatch Lamb Small Bites Swap Remove 02 Smallbatch Chicken Sliders Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Lamb Small Bites 43.6% 02 Chicken Sliders 64.9% 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 Lamb Small Bites 12% 11.7% as fed 02 Chicken Sliders 8% 7.2% as fed Best in this row
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 Lamb Small Bites 3 of 5 02 Chicken Sliders 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Lamb Small Bites None 02 Chicken Sliders None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Lamb Small Bites None 02 Chicken Sliders 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 Lamb Small Bites 11.7% 02 Chicken Sliders 7.2%
Kcal / Cup 01 Lamb Small Bites 288 02 Chicken Sliders --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Lamb Small Bites $49.99 1.2 lb bag, Chewy 02 Chicken Sliders $41.24 1.6 lb bag, Chewy
Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound. 01 Lamb Small Bites $22.96 02 Chicken Sliders $21.39 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients 01 Lamb Small Bites Lamb heart, lamb liver, ground lamb bone, organic butternut squash, organic bok choy 02 Chicken Sliders Chicken (with ground bone), Chicken Gizzards, Chicken Liver, Chicken, Chicken 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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