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Two Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Wellness Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper Swap Remove 02 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 40.9% Best in this row 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
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 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 23% 1.0% as fed Best in this row 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 1 of 5 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper None 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 2 None in the last 3 years 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years 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 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 1.0% 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper -- 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
First Five Ingredients 01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper Whitefish, Water Sufficient For Processing, Natural Flavor, Carrageenan, Cassia Gum 02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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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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