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Four Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Victor Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato Swap Remove 02 Victor Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy Swap Remove 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato 27.8% 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy 33.3% Best in this row 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1% 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, 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 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato 43% 39.0% as fed 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy 38% 34.0% as fed Best in this row 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The 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 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato 1 of 5 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy 2 of 5 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato None 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy None 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato 4 3 in the last 3 years 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy 4 3 in the last 3 years 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years
Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato 39.0% 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy 34.0% 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8% 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato 346 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy 365 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato $2.10 30 lb bag, CountryMax 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy $1.70 30 lb bag, Chewy 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file. 04 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 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato $1.37 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy $1.05 Best in this row 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file. 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Purpose Sensitive Skin & Stomach Grain Free Lamb Meal & Sweet Potato Lamb Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Yeast Culture, Sweet Potato, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal 02 Classic Hi-Pro Plus Large Breed Puppy Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Millet, Whole Grain Sorghum 03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots 04 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.

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