Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Halo Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb Swap Remove
• 02 Halo Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Halo Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb Swap Remove	02 Halo Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb 35.2%	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish 30.8%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% 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 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb 35% 31.5% as fed	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish 42% 38.0% as fed	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% 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 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb 3 of 5	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish 2 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb None	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb None	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 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 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb 31.5%	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish 38.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb 478	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish 421	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb -- No price on file.	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish $2.00 10 lb bag, Walmart	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy
Cost / 1,000 Kcal What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb -- No price on file.	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish $1.19	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Elevate Healthy Grains Lamb Deboned lamb, lamb meal, salmon meal, oats, barley	02 Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Healthy Weight Holistic Wild Salmon & Whitefish Salmon, Whitefish, Sweet Potatoes, Chickpeas, Brewers Dried Yeast	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver

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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.