Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Pedigree Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Swap Remove
• 02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Pedigree Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Swap Remove	02 Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken Swap Remove	03 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable 23.9%	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 23.9%	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 64.0% Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3%
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 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable 53% 47.0% as fed	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 53% 46.5% as fed	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 6% 0.0% as fed	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable 0 of 5	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 1 of 5	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 2 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable 5 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5, Yellow 6	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 5 Menadione, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5, Yellow 6	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable 5 2 in the last 3 years	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 6 None in the last 3 years	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey 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 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable 47.0%	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 46.5%	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 0.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable 309	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken 405	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free --	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable $0.73 38 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken $0.54 45.7 lb bag, Amazon	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey 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 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable $0.48	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken $0.34 Best in this row	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Adult, Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Ground whole grain corn, meat and bone meal, corn gluten meal, animal fat (source of omega 6 fatty acids [preserved with bha & citric acid]), soybean meal	02 Dog Chow Complete Adult with Real Chicken Whole Grain Corn, Meat And Bone Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat Naturally Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Soybean Meal	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Chicken (Boneless, Skinless Breast), Chicken Broth, Pumpkin, Carrot, Pea	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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.