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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 Blue>Carnivora, so the recall row cannot separate them.

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Blue>Carnivora Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend Swap Remove 02 Blue>Carnivora Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend 46.7% 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend 46.7%
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 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend 19% 17.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend 20% 18.0% 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 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend 5 of 5 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend None 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend None 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend 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 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend 17.0% 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend 18.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend 462 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend 460
First Five Ingredients 01 Blue Carnivora Adult Woodland Blend PRIMARY INGREDIENTS: Deboned Chicken, Dried Chicken, Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols) 02 Blue Carnivora Adult Coastal Blend PRIMARY INGREDIENTS: Deboned Pollock, Deboned Sole, Deboned Halibut, Dried Chicken, Herring 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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