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Three Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Three Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Wellness Core Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper Swap Remove 02 Wellness Complete Health Lamb & Barley Swap Remove 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Core Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper 38.9% Best in this row 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 26.7% 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5%
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 Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper 29% 26.5% as fed Best in this row 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% 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 Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper 2 of 5 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 3 of 5 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Core Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper None 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley None 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Core Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper None 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley None 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper 26.5% 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 44.0% 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Core Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper -- 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 417 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376
First Five Ingredients 01 Core Bowl Boosters Functional Toppers Skin & Coat Health Dog Food Topper Chicken Hearts (source of Biotin), Oats, Whole Eggs (source of Vitamin E), Flaxseed, Coconut Flakes 02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley Lamb, Lamb Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Barley, Menhaden Fish Meal 03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal

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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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