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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 Earthborn Holistic, 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 Earthborn Holistic Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash Swap Remove 02 Earthborn Holistic Weight Control Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash 27.8% 02 Weight Control 27.8%
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 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash 44% 39.5% as fed Best in this row 02 Weight Control 50% 45.0% 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 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash 2 of 5 02 Weight Control 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash None 02 Weight Control None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash None 02 Weight Control 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 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash 39.5% 02 Weight Control 45.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash 335 02 Weight Control 315
First Five Ingredients 01 Venture Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Smoked Turkey & Butternut Squash Turkey, Turkey Meal, Butternut Squash, Tapioca, Pumpkin 02 Weight Control Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Buckwheat, Pumpkin, Pearled Barley

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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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