Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove

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

	01 Blue Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	02 Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 71.4% Best in this row	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 44.4%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%
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 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 7% 0.0% as fed	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 22% 0.0% as fed	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed Best in this row
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 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 2 of 5	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 4 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper None	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 2 None in the last 3 years	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 0.0%	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 0.0%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper --	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper --	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper $8.90 3.2 oz bag, Walmart	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper $8.30 3.2 oz bag, PetSmart	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 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 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper $31.24	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper $20.11	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
First Five Ingredients	01 Tender Shreds Tasty Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper Chicken, Chicken Broth, Water, Tapioca Starch, Vegetable Oil	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Chicken Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Chicken, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Liver, Dried Egg Product	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring

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.