Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Rachael Ray Nutrish Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Rachael Ray Nutrish Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato Swap Remove

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

	01 Rachael Ray Nutrish Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Rachael Ray Nutrish Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 22.2%	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato 28.9% 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 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 52% 47.0% as fed	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato 43% 39.0% 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 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato 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 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 47.0%	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato 39.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 325	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato 365
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice $1.66 56 lb bag, Chewy	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato $1.57 28 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 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice $0.98	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato $0.97 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients	01 Limited Ingredient Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, brown rice, brewers rice, peas, pearled barley	02 Grain Free Chicken & Sweet Potato Chicken, Salmon Meal, Canola Meal, Sweet Potato, 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.