Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Simply Nourish Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Simply Nourish Original Weight Management Adult Swap Remove

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

	01 Simply Nourish Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Simply Nourish Original Weight Management Adult Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free 30.4% Best in this row	02 Original Weight Management Adult 27.8%
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 Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free 39% 36.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Original Weight Management Adult 48% 43.5% 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 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free 2 of 5	02 Original Weight Management Adult 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free None	02 Original Weight Management Adult None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Original Weight Management Adult 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 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free 36.0%	02 Original Weight Management Adult 43.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free 373	02 Original Weight Management Adult 345
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Original Weight Management Adult $2.00 30 lb bag, PetSmart
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 Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Original Weight Management Adult $1.33
First Five Ingredients	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Limited Ingredient Small Breed Adult Grain-Free Deboned Salmon, Salmon Meal, Dried Peas, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Dried Lentils	02 Original Weight Management Adult Deboned Turkey, Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Rye Flour

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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.