Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Purina Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken Swap Remove
• 02 Beneful Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Purina Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken Swap Remove	02 Beneful Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken 34.1%	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food 29.5%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% 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 Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken 33% 29.0% as fed	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food 44% 38.5% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken 1 of 5	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food 1 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken 1 Menadione	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food 1 Menadione	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken 6 None in the last 3 years	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food 6 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row
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 Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken 29.0%	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food 38.5%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken 472	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food 376	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken $3.12 24 lb bag, Amazon	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food $1.01 15.5 lb bag, Chewy	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites 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 Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken $1.57	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food $0.61 Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Pro Plan Puppy Sport 30/20 Chicken Chicken, Rice, Poultry By-Product Meal, Corn Protein Meal, Whole Grain Corn	02 Purina Beneful IncrediBites Small Farm-Raised Beef Dog Dry Food Beef, whole grain corn, barley, soybean meal, whole grain wheat	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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.