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Four Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Blue Seal EnTrust Small Breed Formula Swap Remove 02 Native Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Swap Remove 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 EnTrust Small Breed Formula 27.0% 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 31.1% 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, 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 EnTrust Small Breed Formula 36% 32.0% as fed 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 41% 37.0% as fed 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The 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 EnTrust Small Breed Formula 2 of 5 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 2 of 5 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 EnTrust Small Breed Formula None 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula None 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 EnTrust Small Breed Formula None Best in this row 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula None Best in this row 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years
Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 EnTrust Small Breed Formula 32.0% 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 37.0% 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0% 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 EnTrust Small Breed Formula 364 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 380 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 EnTrust Small Breed Formula -- No price on file. 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula $1.84 40 lb bag, Chewy 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree 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 EnTrust Small Breed Formula -- No price on file. 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula $1.07 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 EnTrust Small Breed Formula Pork Meal, Ground Barley, Brown Rice, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Whole Grain Sorghum 02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Brown Rice 03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative) 04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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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.

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