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One food so far. Add another and the same five measures run against both.
Open Your Saved Comparison| 01 Verus Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula Swap Remove | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula 28.9% | |||
| 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 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula 44% 39.5% 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 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula 2 of 5 | |||
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula None | |||
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula 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 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula 39.5% | |||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula 419 | |||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Grain-Free Cold Water Fish Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal & Herring Formula Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal, Lentils, Chickpeas, Peas |
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- Verus Advanced Opticoat Menhaden Fish Meal and Potato Formula 24.4% protein Add
- Verus Puppy Advantage Chicken Meal, Oats & Brown Rice Formula 28.9% protein Add
- Verus Weight Management Brown Rice, Lamb Meal & Oats Formula 18.9% protein Add
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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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