Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Canidae All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein Swap Remove
• 02 Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot Swap Remove

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

	01 Canidae All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein Swap Remove	02 Canidae Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein 33.3% Best in this row	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot 31.7%
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 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein 33% 30.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot 42% 37.5% 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 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein 3 of 5	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein None	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot 1 None in the last 3 years
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 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein 30.0%	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot 37.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein 565	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot 498
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein $1.85 27 lb bag, Amazon	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot $3.57 21 lb bag, Amazon
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 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein $1.04 Best in this row	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot $2.28
First Five Ingredients	01 All Life Stages High Protein, Multi-Protein Chicken, chicken meal (source of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate), chicken fat, whole grain sorghum, millet	02 Pure Grain-Free Real Bison, Lentil & Carrot Bison, Lamb Meal (Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Lentils

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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.