Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Instinct Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin Swap Remove
• 02 Instinct Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Instinct Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin Swap Remove	02 Instinct Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken Swap Remove	03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin 38.3%	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken 38.3%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3%
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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin 13% 12.0% as fed	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken 12% 11.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% as fed	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin 3 of 5	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken 3 of 5	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin None	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken None	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin 12.0%	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken 11.0%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin 258	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken 244	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin $29.90 1.6 oz bag, PetSmart	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken $26.66 1.8 lb bag, Chewy	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin $15.53	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken $13.50 Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Multivitamin Beef, beef spleen, beef kidney, pumpkin seeds, sweet potatoes	02 Raw Boost Mixers Cage-Free Chicken Chicken (including Ground Chicken Bone), Chicken Liver, Pumpkin Seeds, Chicken Heart, Carrots	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart	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.