Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free 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 Blue True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal Swap Remove	02 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free 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 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal 26.7%	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 50.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row
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 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal 44% 40.0% as fed	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 11% 0.0% as fed	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	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 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal 2 of 5	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 4 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 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 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal None	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck None Best in this row	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 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 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal 40.0%	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 0.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal 362	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 195	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal -- No price on file.	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- No price on file.	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	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 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal -- No price on file.	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- No price on file.	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 True Solutions Large Breed Care Chicken & Oatmeal Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck Turkey, turkey broth, turkey liver, ground dried peas, duck	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	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.