The Comparison
Two Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Every food here is made by Natural Balance, so the recall row cannot separate them.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy Swap Remove
- 02 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
| 01 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy Swap Remove | 02 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato Swap Remove | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 26.7% | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato 26.7% | ||
| 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 49% 44.0% as fed Best in this row | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato 51% 46.0% 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 2 of 5 | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato 2 of 5 | ||
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy None Best in this row | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato 1 Menadione | ||
| 05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy None | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 44.0% | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato 46.0% | ||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 370 | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato 373 | ||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Rice Bran | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Cassava Flour, Potatoes |
Swap A Food
Replacing column 01.
- Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% protein Swap In
- Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Swap In
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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