Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Nulo FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas Swap Remove
• 02 Nulo Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Nulo FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas Swap Remove	02 Nulo Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas 34.4%	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish 38.9% Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
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 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas 35% 31.5% as fed	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish 29% 26.5% as fed Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas 3 of 5	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish 4 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas None	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas None Best in this row	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish None Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 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 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas 31.5%	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish 26.5%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas 411	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish 427	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas $3.46 26 lb bag, Chewy	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish $4.42 24 lb bag, Chewy	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree 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 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas $2.17 Best in this row	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish $2.69	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 FreeStyle Lamb & Chickpeas Deboned lamb, turkey meal, salmon meal, whole peas, sweet potato	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Haddock, Salmon & Acadian Redfish Haddock, deboned salmon, salmon meal, turkey meal, chicken meal	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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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.