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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 NutriSource, 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 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove 02 NutriSource Small & Medium Breed Puppy Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 25.6% 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 35.6% 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 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 29% 26.0% 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 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 of 5 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley None 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley None 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 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 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 44.0% 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 26.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 401 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 535
First Five Ingredients 01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Turkey Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Oatmeal, Barley, Brown Rice 02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy Chicken Meal, Chicken, Brown Rice, Menhaden Fish Meal (A Source Of Fish Oil), Oatmeal

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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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