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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 Fromm Classic Mature Adult Swap Remove 02 Fromm Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free Swap Remove 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Classic Mature Adult 23.3% 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free 31.1% Best in this row 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%
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 Classic Mature Adult 53% 47.5% as fed 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free 36% 32.5% as fed Best in this row 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Classic Mature Adult 2 of 5 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free 4 of 5 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Classic Mature Adult None 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free None 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Classic Mature Adult 3 2 in the last 3 years 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free 3 2 in the last 3 years 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row
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 Classic Mature Adult 47.5% 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free 32.5% 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup 01 Classic Mature Adult 363 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free 393 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
First Five Ingredients 01 Classic Mature Adult Chicken, Chicken Meal, Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, White Rice 02 Four-Star Hasen Duckenpfeffer® Grain-Free Rabbit, duck, pork, pork meat and bone meal, chickpeas 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots

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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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