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Three 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.

Three Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Wellness Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal Swap Remove 02 Wellness Complete Health Senior Swap Remove 03 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal 26.7% 02 Complete Health Senior 24.4% 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 50.0% 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 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal 49% 44.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Complete Health Senior 53% 47.8% as fed 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 11% 0.0% 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 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal 2 of 5 02 Complete Health Senior 2 of 5 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal None 02 Complete Health Senior None 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal 2 None in the last 3 years 02 Complete Health Senior 2 None in the last 3 years 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck None Best in this row
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 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal 44.0% 02 Complete Health Senior 47.8% 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal 427 02 Complete Health Senior 416 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 195
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal $1.96 38 lb bag, Amazon 02 Complete Health Senior $2.31 26 lb bag, PetMeds 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- 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 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal $1.21 Best in this row 02 Complete Health Senior $1.42 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Complete Health Deboned Chicken & Oatmeal Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Oatmeal, Barley, Brown Rice 02 Complete Health Senior Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Barley, Peas, Sorghum 03 Grain Free Turkey & Duck Turkey, turkey broth, turkey liver, ground dried peas, duck

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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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