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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 Ultra, so the recall row cannot separate them.

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 Ultra Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult Swap Remove 02 Ultra Nutro Ultra Adult Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult 28.9% Best in this row 02 Nutro Ultra Adult 26.7%
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 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult 41% 37.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Nutro Ultra Adult 46% 41.0% 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 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult 2 of 5 02 Nutro Ultra Adult 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult None 02 Nutro Ultra Adult None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult None 02 Nutro Ultra Adult 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 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult 37.0% 02 Nutro Ultra Adult 41.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult 437 02 Nutro Ultra Adult --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult $3.31 22 lb bag, Amazon 02 Nutro Ultra Adult $2.83 30 lb bag, Runnings
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 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult $1.95 02 Nutro Ultra Adult $1.70 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients 01 Nutro Ultra Small Breed Adult Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Oatmeal, Whole Grain Brown Rice 02 Nutro Ultra Adult Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Barley, Whole Grain Oatmeal

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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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