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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 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree Swap Remove 02 NutriSource Choice Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree 26.7% 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 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 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree 42% 38.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 47% 42.0% 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 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree 2 of 5 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree None 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree None 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 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 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree 38.0% 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 42.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree 435 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley --
First Five Ingredients 01 PureVita Grain-Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree Turkey, Turkey Meal, Peas, Sweet Potato, Pea Flour 02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, 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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