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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 Small Breed Swap Remove 02 Wellness Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato 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 Small Breed 32.2% Best in this row 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato 24.4%
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 Small Breed 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato 51% 45.5% 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 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Small Breed 2 of 5 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Small Breed None 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Small Breed None 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato 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 Small Breed 36.0% 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato 45.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Small Breed 450 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato 435
First Five Ingredients 01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Small Breed Salmon, Salmon Meal, Peas, Potatoes, Canola Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols) 02 Complete Health Whitefish & Sweet Potato Whitefish, Ground Barley, Peas, Menhaden Fish Meal, 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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