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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 Nulo, 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 Nulo Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice Swap Remove 02 Nulo Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice 36.0% 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa 38.5% 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 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice 34% 4.5% as fed 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa 33% 4.5% 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 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice 4 of 5 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice None 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice None 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa 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 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice 4.5% 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa 4.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice -- 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa --
First Five Ingredients 01 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Salmon & Brown Rice Salmon, Brown Rice, Tuna, Salmon Broth, Tuna Broth 02 Gently-Cooked Meals Small Breed Chicken & Quinoa Chicken, Chicken Broth, Brown Rice, Sunflower Oil, Sweet Potato

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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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