Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Zignature Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains Swap Remove
• 02 Zignature Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Zignature Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains Swap Remove	02 Zignature Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains 25.6%	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free 35.6%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains 42% 37.5% as fed	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free 33% 30.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% 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 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains 0 of 5	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free 4 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains None	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains None	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains 37.5%	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free 30.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains 393	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free 405	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains $3.92 25 lb bag, Amazon	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free $4.25 4 lb bag, Theisen's	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- 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 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains $2.41 Best in this row	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free $2.53	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Select Cuts Kangaroo Formula with Super Grains Kangaroo, Kangaroo Meal (Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin), Oats, Millet, Pearled Barley	02 Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Meal, Salmon, Lamb Meal, Chickpeas	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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.