The Comparison
Two Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Every food here is made by Purina>Dog Chow, so the recall row cannot separate them.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Purina>Dog Chow Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb Swap Remove
- 02 Purina>Dog Chow Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken Swap Remove
| 01 Purina>Dog Chow Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb Swap Remove | 02 Purina>Dog Chow Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken Swap Remove | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb 30.7% Best in this row | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 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 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb 44% 39.0% as fed Best in this row | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 53% 46.5% 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 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb 2 of 5 | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 1 of 5 | ||
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb 4 Menadione, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5 | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 4 Menadione, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5 | ||
| 05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb None | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 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 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb 39.0% | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 46.5% | ||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb 424 | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 416 | ||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Purina Dog Chow High Protein with Real Lamb Ground Yellow Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Meat And Bone Meal, Beef Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols | 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken Whole Grain Corn, Meat And Bone Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat Naturally Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Soybean Meal |
Swap A Food
Replacing column 02.
- Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0% protein Swap In
- 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
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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