Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Canidae All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Canidae All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Canidae All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice Swap Remove	02 Canidae All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice 40.9%	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish 40.9%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% 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 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice 14% 0.0% as fed	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish 18% 0.0% as fed	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% 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 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice 3 of 5	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish 4 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice None	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice 1 None in the last 3 years	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Lamb Feast 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 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice 0.0%	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish 0.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice --	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish --	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice -- No price on file.	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish $1.62 40 lb bag, Chewy	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy
Cost / 1,000 Kcal What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice -- No price on file.	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish $3.22	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 All Life Stages, Chicken and Rice Chicken, Chicken Broth, Chicken Liver, Brown Rice, Pearled Barley	02 All Life Stages, Multi-Protein Chicken, Lamb and Fish Chicken, Chicken Broth, Chicken Liver, Brown Rice, Lamb	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver

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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.