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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 Wellness, 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 Wellness Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato Swap Remove 02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato 29.2% 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice 33.3% 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 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato 44% 39.5% as fed 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice 42% 38.0% 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 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato 2 of 5 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato None 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato None 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice 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 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato 39.5% 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice 38.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato 430 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice 395
First Five Ingredients 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey & Potato Deboned Turkey, Turkey Meal, Potatoes, Peas, Dried Ground Potatoes 02 Core Digestive Health Chicken & Brown Rice Deboned Chicken, Turkey Meal (source of Chondroitin Sulfate), Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine), Brown Rice, 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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