Two Foods, One Method

• 01 The Honest Kitchen Whole Grain Lamb Clusters Swap Remove
• 02 The Honest Kitchen Grain-Free Beef Swap Remove

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

	01 The Honest Kitchen Whole Grain Lamb Clusters Swap Remove	02 The Honest Kitchen Grain-Free Beef Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters 26.1%	02 Grain-Free Beef 29.5% 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 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters 46% 40.0% as fed	02 Grain-Free Beef 42% 36.5% 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 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters 2 of 5	02 Grain-Free Beef 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters None	02 Grain-Free Beef None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Grain-Free Beef 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 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters 40.0%	02 Grain-Free Beef 36.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters 398	02 Grain-Free Beef 427
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters $6.39 18 lb bag, Amazon	02 Grain-Free Beef $5.88 20 lb bag, PetSmart
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 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters -- No calorie figure on file.	02 Grain-Free Beef $3.34
First Five Ingredients	01 Whole Grain Lamb Clusters Lamb, chicken, oats, peas, barley	02 Grain-Free Beef Beef, peas, potatoes, beef liver, lentils

+ Add A Food

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.