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One Food, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Purina Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula 33.0%
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 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula 38% 33.0% 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 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula 1 Menadione
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula 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 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula 33.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula 448
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula $2.28 34 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 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula $1.25
First Five Ingredients 01 Pro Plan Adult Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula Chicken, Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Poultry By-Product Meal, Whole Grain Corn

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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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