Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Instinct Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Chicken Swap Remove
• 02 Acana Highest Protein Wild Atlantic Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites 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 Chicken Swap Remove	02 Acana Highest Protein Wild Atlantic Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Chicken 37.8%	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic 37.5%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5% 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 Chicken 30% 27.0% as fed	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic 30% 26.0% as fed	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row
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 Chicken 3 of 5	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic 4 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Chicken None	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Chicken 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic None Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites 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 Chicken 27.0%	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic 26.0%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Chicken 446	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic 392	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Chicken $5.47 17 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic $7.55 4.5 lb bag, Amazon	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites 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 Chicken $3.17 Best in this row	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic $4.84	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Raw Boost PeakBoost+ Kibble Real Chicken Chicken, Chicken Meal, Peas, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Tapioca	02 Highest Protein Wild Atlantic Whole mackerel, whole herring, redfish, silver hake, mackerel meal	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney

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.