Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Victor Realtree Edge Energy Swap Remove
• 02 Victor Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef Swap Remove

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

	01 Victor Realtree Edge Energy Swap Remove	02 Victor Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Realtree Edge Energy 30.8%	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 37.8% 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 Realtree Edge Energy 34% 31.0% as fed	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 33% 29.3% 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 Realtree Edge Energy 2 of 5	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Realtree Edge Energy None	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Realtree Edge Energy 4 3 in the last 3 years	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 4 3 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 Realtree Edge Energy 31.0%	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 29.3%
Kcal / Cup	01 Realtree Edge Energy 415	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 380
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Realtree Edge Energy $1.79 40 lb bag, Amazon	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef $3.80 20 lb bag, Chewy
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 Realtree Edge Energy $1.01 Best in this row	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef $2.26
First Five Ingredients	01 Realtree Edge Energy Beef Meal, Grain Sorghum, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Garbanzo Beans, Natural Flavors	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef Beef, Beef Meal (A Natural Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin), Grain Sorghum, Peas, Pork Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)

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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.