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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 Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary, 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 Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein Swap Remove 02 Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein 31.1% Best in this row 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog 25.0%
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 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein 32% 29.1% as fed Best in this row 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog 49% 44.3% 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 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein 1 of 5 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein None 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein None 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog 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 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein 29.1% 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog 44.3%
Kcal / Cup 01 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein 208 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog 376
First Five Ingredients 01 Royal Canin Veterinary Satiety + Hydrolyzed Protein Hydrolyzed soy protein, brewers rice, powdered cellulose, natural flavors, chicken fat 02 Royal Canin Veterinary Hydrolyzed Protein Small Dog Brewers rice, hydrolyzed soy protein, chicken fat, natural flavors, vegetable oil

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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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