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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 Royal Canin, 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 Royal Canin Giant Adult Swap Remove 02 Royal Canin French Bulldog Puppy Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Giant Adult 29.1% 02 French Bulldog Puppy 31.1% 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 Giant Adult 40% 35.6% as fed 02 French Bulldog Puppy 38% 34.6% as fed Best in this row
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 Giant Adult 2 of 5 02 French Bulldog Puppy 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Giant Adult None 02 French Bulldog Puppy None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Giant Adult None 02 French Bulldog Puppy 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 Giant Adult 35.6% 02 French Bulldog Puppy 34.6%
Kcal / Cup 01 Giant Adult 427 02 French Bulldog Puppy 373
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Giant Adult $3.33 30 lb bag, Amazon 02 French Bulldog Puppy $6.67 10.5 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 Giant Adult $1.86 Best in this row 02 French Bulldog Puppy $3.78
First Five Ingredients 01 Giant Adult Chicken by-product meal, brewers rice, chicken fat, brown rice, corn protein meal 02 French Bulldog Puppy Brewers rice, chicken by-product meal, wheat, chicken fat, chicken 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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