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Three Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Every food here is made by TruDog, so the recall row cannot separate them.

Three Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 TruDog Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit Swap Remove 02 TruDog Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes Swap Remove 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 36.1% 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 23.5% 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% 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 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 36% 2.5% as fed 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 41% 3.0% as fed 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 4 of 5 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 2 of 5 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit None 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes None 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit None 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes None 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 2.5% 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 3.0% 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit -- 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes -- 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
First Five Ingredients 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit Duck, Duck broth, Beef broth, Potatoes, Whole Egg 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes Chicken, Chicken Bone Broth, Vegetable broth, Sweet Potatoes, Kale 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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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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