Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Acana Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy Swap Remove
• 02 Acana Red Meat Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove

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

	01 Acana Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy Swap Remove	02 Acana Red Meat Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy 31.8%	02 Red Meat 33.0%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%
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 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy 33% 29.0% as fed	02 Red Meat 34% 30.0% as fed	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy 2 of 5	02 Red Meat 3 of 5	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy None	02 Red Meat None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy None	02 Red Meat None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
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 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy 29.0%	02 Red Meat 30.0%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy 435	02 Red Meat 388	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy $3.33 22.5 lb bag, Chewy	02 Red Meat $3.12 32 lb bag, Amazon	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy $2.03	02 Red Meat $2.02 Best in this row	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Wholesome Grains Healthy Grains Puppy Chicken, chicken meal, oat groats, whole sorghum, whole millet	02 Red Meat Beef, pork, beef meal, whole red lentils, whole pinto beans	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots

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.