Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Pure Balance Puppy Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Pure Balance Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean 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 Pure Balance Puppy Chicken & Rice Swap Remove	02 Pure Balance Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Puppy Chicken & Rice 30.0%	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean 30.0%	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 Puppy Chicken & Rice 39% 35.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean 39% 35.0% 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 Puppy Chicken & Rice 2 of 5	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean 1 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 Puppy Chicken & Rice None	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Puppy Chicken & Rice None Best in this row	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean 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 Puppy Chicken & Rice 35.0%	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean 35.0%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Puppy Chicken & Rice 416	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean --	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Puppy Chicken & Rice $10.00 3 lb bag, Amazon	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean $1.37 24 lb bag, Walmart	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 Puppy Chicken & Rice $5.82	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean -- No calorie figure on file.	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Puppy Chicken & Rice Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Dried Peas	02 Grain-Free & Poultry-Free Lamb & Fava Bean LAMB, DRIED PEAS, PEA PROTEIN, FAVA BEANS, CANOLA OIL (PRESERVED WITH MIXED TOCOPHEROLS)	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.