Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 TruDog Grain Free Chicken & Salmon Swap Remove
- 02 TruDog Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C Swap Remove
- 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
- 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
| 01 TruDog Grain Free Chicken & Salmon Swap Remove | 02 TruDog Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C Swap Remove | 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove | 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon 43.2% | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 36.1% | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% Best in this row | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% |
| 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 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon 18% 0.0% as fed | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 36% 2.5% as fed Best in this row | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% as fed | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed |
| 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 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon 4 of 5 | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 3 of 5 | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5 | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon None | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C None | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon None Best in this row | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C None Best in this row | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years |
| 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 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon 0.0% | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 2.5% | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0% | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon -- | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C -- | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406 |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Grain Free Chicken & Salmon Chicken, chicken broth, chicken liver, salmon, carrots | 02 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C Chicken, Chicken Broth, Vegetable broth, Potatoes, Whole Egg | 03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart | 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp |
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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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