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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 Pedigree, 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 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove 02 Pedigree Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 23.9% 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 23.9%
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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 52% 46.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 53% 47.0% 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 1 of 5 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor None 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 46.0% 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 47.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 342 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 318
First Five Ingredients 01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate) Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [preserved with Bha/citric Acid]), Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium) Soybean Meal, Ground Whole Grain Wheat 02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium), Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids) [preserved with Bha And Citric Acid]), Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal

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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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