Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Pure Balance Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy Swap Remove
• 02 Pure Balance Grain-Free Chicken and Pea Swap Remove

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

	01 Pure Balance Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy Swap Remove	02 Pure Balance Grain-Free Chicken and Pea Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy 28.9%	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea 30.0% 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 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy 42% 38.0% as fed	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea 40% 36.0% 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 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy 2 of 5	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy None	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy None	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea None
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 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy 38.0%	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy 391	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea 385
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy $1.33 30 lb bag, Walmart	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea $2.27 11 lb bag, Walmart
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 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy $0.80 Best in this row	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea $1.39
First Five Ingredients	01 Pro+ Chicken & Brown Rice Large Breed Puppy Chicken, chicken meal (source of glucosamine), dried peas, brown rice, oat groats	02 Grain-Free Chicken and Pea CHICKEN, CHICKEN MEAL, DRIED PEAS, POTATOES, PEA STARCH

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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.