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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 Grandma Lucy's, 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 Grandma Lucy's Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper Swap Remove 02 Grandma Lucy's Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper 10.8% Best in this row 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper 5.9%
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 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper 73% 65.0% as fed 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper 71% 66.3% 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 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper 0 of 5 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper None 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper None 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper 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 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper 65.0% 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper 66.3%
Kcal / Cup 01 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper -- 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper $25.85 6.4 oz bag, Chewy 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper $16.66 14.4 oz 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 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper -- No calorie figure on file. 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper $9.13
First Five Ingredients 01 Grandma Lucy’s Pumpkin Pouch Inflammation Dog Food Topper Pumpkin Flakes, Kale, Blueberry, Turmeric, Ginger 02 Grandma Lucy’s Organic Apple Dog Food Topper Organic enriched wheat flour (organic wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), organic cane sugar, organic palm oil, organic brown sugar, organic invert cane sugar syrup

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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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