Seafood Sensations (Salmon, Tuna & Shrimp Flavors) vs Gravy Swirlers (Chicken, Salmon & Gravy Flavors)
Both are dry foods, so their labels are already broadly comparable - differences here are about formulation, not water content. Declared moisture differs by only 0.0 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 | 30% | 30% | 34.1% | 34.1% | 0 pp |
| Crude fat | 11% | 12% | 12.5% | 13.6% | 1.1 pp |
| Crude fiber | 3% | 3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 0 pp |
| Moisture | 12% | 12% | -- | -- | 0.0 pp |
Multipliers: Seafood Sensations (Salmon, Tuna & Shrimp Flavors) x1.1, Gravy Swirlers (Chicken, Salmon & Gravy Flavors) x1.1.
What the numbers actually show
Declared moisture is close between these two (12% against 12%), so converting to dry matter shifts both by a similar amount.
On a dry-matter basis these two land within 0 percentage points of each other on protein, which is closer than most people expect from foods at this price difference.
Ingredients
Only in Seafood Sensations (Salmon, Tuna & Shrimp Flavors)
- Poultry by-product meal
- Animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- Liver flavor
- Ocean fish meal
- Dehydrated seaweed meal
- Shrimp meal
- Tuna meal
Only in Gravy Swirlers (Chicken, Salmon & Gravy Flavors)
- Chicken by-product meal
- Animal fat preserved with mixed tocopherols
- Wheat flour
- Animal liver flavor
- Fish meal
- Artificial and natural flavors
- Dried chicken flavored gravy
Declared by both
- Ground yellow corn
- Corn protein meal
- Soybean meal
- Meat and bone meal
- Phosphoric acid
- Salt
- Calcium carbonate
- Choline chloride
- Salmon meal
- Zinc sulfate
- Ferrous sulfate
- Manganese sulfate
- Copper sulfate
- Calcium iodate
- Sodium selenite
- Potassium chloride
- DL-Methionine
- Taurine
- Vitamin E supplement
- Niacin
- Thiamine mononitrate
- Calcium pantothenate
- Riboflavin supplement
- Vitamin A supplement
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride
- Vitamin B-12 supplement
- Folic acid
- Biotin
- Vitamin D-3 supplement
- Menadione sodium bisulfite complex
- L-Tryptophan
- Red 40
- Blue 2
- Yellow 5