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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 Diamond, 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 Diamond Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula Swap Remove 02 Diamond Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 35.6% Best in this row 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs 24.4%
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 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 26% 23.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs 51% 45.5% 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 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 3 of 5 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula None 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula None 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs 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 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 23.0% 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs 45.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 470 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs 328
First Five Ingredients 01 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula Chicken Meal, Chicken, Ground White Rice, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Cracked Pearled Barley 02 Care Sensitive Skin Formula for Adult Dogs Peas, Pea Flour, Hydrolyzed Salmon, Sunflower Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Flaxseed

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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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