Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Zignature Essence LIR Ranch Swap Remove
• 02 Zignature Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Zignature Essence LIR Ranch Swap Remove	02 Zignature Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Essence LIR Ranch 45.5% Best in this row	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 31.8%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
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 Essence LIR Ranch 2% 0.0% as fed	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 24% 1.3% as fed Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 Essence LIR Ranch 4 of 5	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 2 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Essence LIR Ranch None	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Essence LIR Ranch None Best in this row	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free None Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 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 Essence LIR Ranch 0.0%	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 1.3%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Essence LIR Ranch --	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free --	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
First Five Ingredients	01 Essence LIR Ranch Pork, Lamb, Pork Broth, Lamb Liver, Natural Flavor	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free Lamb, Vegetable Broth, Peas, Lamb Liver, Chickpeas	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

+ Add A Food

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.