Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Nulo MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb Swap Remove
• 02 Nulo Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 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 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb Swap Remove	02 Nulo Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 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 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb 33.3%	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 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 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb 36% 32.0% as fed	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 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 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb 3 of 5	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 5 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 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb None	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb None Best in this row	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 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 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb 32.0%	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 26.5%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb 445	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl 423	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb $3.90 20 lb bag, Walmart	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl $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 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb $2.28 Best in this row	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl $2.72	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 MedalSeries Baked & Coated Beef, Pork & Lamb Deboned Beef, Pork Meal, Chickpeas, Lentils, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols & Citric Acid)	02 Challenger Organic Ancient Grains Duck, Turkey & Guinea Fowl Deboned duck, deboned turkey, turkey meal, salmon 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.