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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 Blue Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care Swap Remove 02 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care 33.3% 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% 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 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care 30% 27.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% 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 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care 2 of 5 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care None 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care 5 4 in the last 3 years 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care 27.0% 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care 309 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393
First Five Ingredients 01 Natural Veterinary Diet W+U Weight Management + Urinary Care Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Pea Starch, Peas, Pea Protein 02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes

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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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