Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Nulo MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove

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

	01 Nulo MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp Swap Remove	02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp 61.5% Best in this row	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7%
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 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp 0% 0.0% as fed	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% 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 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp 4 of 5	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp None	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp None Best in this row	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 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 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp 0.0%	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp --	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp -- No price on file.	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- 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 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp -- No price on file.	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 MedalSeries Meaty Pouches Lamb, Mackerel & Kelp Lamb, Lamb Broth, Mackerel, Mackerel Broth, Kelp	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots

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.