Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Dave's Pet Food Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Dave's Pet Food Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium 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 Dave's Pet Food Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Dave's Pet Food Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium 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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 40.9%	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium 39.1%	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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 2% 0.0% as fed	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium 13% 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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 4 of 5	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium 1 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free None	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free None	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free 0.0%	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium 0.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free --	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium --	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium -- No price on file.	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy
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 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium -- No price on file.	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Dave’s Pet Food 95% Premium Meats Turkey & Chicken For Dogs / Grain-Free Turkey, Chicken, Water Sufficient For Processing, Turkey Liver, Turkey Heart	02 Dave’s Pet Food Restricted Diet Sodium Chicken, Water Sufficient For Processing, Guar Gum, Agar-Agar, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Potassium Iodide)	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.