Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Instinct Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef Swap Remove
• 02 Acana Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.

	01 Instinct Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef Swap Remove	02 Acana Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef 37.8%	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch 37.5%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 64.0% Best in this row
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. iEstimated, 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 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef 31% 27.5% as fed	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch 30% 26.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 6% 0.0% as fed
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. iThe 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 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef 4 of 5	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch 5 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef None	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch None Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None Best in this row
Starch, As Fed iEstimated, 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 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef 27.5%	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch 26.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef --	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch 388	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef $5.76 17 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch $3.72 25 lb bag, CountryMax	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file.
Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef -- No calorie figure on file.	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch $2.41	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Beef Beef, Chicken Meal, Peas, Turkey Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)	02 Highest Protein Appalachian Ranch Beef, pork, lamb, lamb meal, beef meal	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Chicken (Boneless, Skinless Breast), Chicken Broth, Pumpkin, Carrot, Pea

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.