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Two Foods, One Method

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

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 Blue True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula Swap Remove 02 Purina Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 28.9% 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 29.5% 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 42% 36.5% 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 2 of 5 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula None Best in this row 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 1 Menadione
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 2 None in the last 3 years Best in this row 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 6 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 36.0% 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 36.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 395 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 357
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula $2.85 20 lb bag, Walmart 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken -- No price on file.
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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula $1.72 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Brown Rice, Barley 02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken Turkey, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Wheat, Beef Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Corn Gluten Meal

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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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