Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird vs Fresh Ground Other Bird / Smooth Other Bird
Both are fresh foods, so their labels are already broadly comparable - differences here are about formulation, not water content. Declared moisture differs by only 1.0 percentage points, so the conversion changes little.
Nutrition, both ways
Left pair of columns is what each package prints. Right pair removes the water from both. The last column is the difference that survives the conversion.
| Nutrient | A: as fed | B: as fed | A: dry matter | B: dry matter | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 13% | 14.5% | 48.1% | 51.8% | 3.6 pp |
| Crude fat | 8.5% | 10% | 31.5% | 35.7% | 4.2 pp |
| Crude fiber | 1.5% | 1.5% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 0.2 pp |
| Moisture | 73% | 72% | -- | -- | 1.0 pp |
Multipliers: Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird x3.7, Fresh Ground Other Bird / Smooth Other Bird x3.6.
What the numbers actually show
Declared moisture is close between these two (73% against 72%), so converting to dry matter shifts both by a similar amount.
Whichever food is ahead on the label stays ahead after conversion - Fresh Ground Other Bird / Smooth Other Bird carries 3.6 percentage points more protein on a dry-matter basis.
Ingredients
Only in Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird
- Chicken
- Chicken liver
- Potassium chloride
- Riboflavin supplement
Only in Fresh Ground Other Bird / Smooth Other Bird
- Turkey
- Turkey liver
- Riboflavin
Declared by both
- Green beans
- Water sufficient for processing
- Dried yeast
- Tricalcium phosphate
- Magnesium proteinate
- Choline chloride
- Dandelion greens
- Dried kelp
- Taurine
- Zinc proteinate
- Iron proteinate
- Cod liver oil
- Salt
- Niacin supplement
- Vitamin E supplement
- Vitamin A supplement
- Copper proteinate
- Manganese proteinate
- Thiamine mononitrate
- D-calcium pantothenate
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride
- Vitamin D3 supplement
- Vitamin B12 supplement
- Folic acid
- Sodium selenite
- Biotin