The Comparison
Three Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Cesar Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Swap Remove
- 02 Cesar Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Swap Remove
- 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
| 01 Cesar Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Swap Remove | 02 Cesar Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Swap Remove | 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 29.5% | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 29.5% | 03 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 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 44% 38.5% as fed | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 44% 38.5% as fed | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row | |
| 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 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 2 of 5 | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 2 of 5 | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5 | |
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5 | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5 | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None Best in this row | |
| 05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish None | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish None | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 38.5% | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 38.5% | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5% | |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 348 | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish 358 | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393 | |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Beef, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Yellow Corn, Ground Wheat, Brewers Rice | 02 Porterhouse Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Beef, Ground Yellow Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Wheat, Brewers Rice | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes |
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- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Add
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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