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Open Your Saved Comparison| 01 Canidae Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean Swap Remove | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean 32.2% | |||
| 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 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean 44% 40.0% 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 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean 3 of 5 | |||
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean None | |||
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean 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 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean 40.0% | |||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean 475 | |||
| Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes | 01 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean $3.41 22 lb bag, Amazon | |||
| 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 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean $2.28 | |||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Pure Grain-Free Senior Real Chicken, Sweet Potato & Garbanzo Bean Chicken, Chicken Meal (Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Turkey Meal (Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Sweet Potatoes, Garbanzo Beans |
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From The Same Line
- Canidae All Life Stages Multi-Protein Formula Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, and Fish Meals 26.7% protein Swap In
- Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Salmon & Sweet Potato 36.7% protein Swap In
- Canidae All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 25.6% protein Swap In
- Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot 31.7% protein Swap In
- Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Duck & Sweet Potato 36.1% protein Swap In
- Canidae All Life Stages Less Active Formula Canidae Platinum Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, & Fish Meals 25.0% protein Swap In
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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