Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Edgard & Cooper Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Edgard & Cooper Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog Swap Remove

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

	01 Edgard & Cooper Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Edgard & Cooper Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 24.4%	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog 26.7% 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 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 48% 43.0% as fed	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog 44% 40.0% 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 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 1 of 5	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free None	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free None	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog 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 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 43.0%	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog 40.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 411	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog 412
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free $4.44 4.5 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog $4.09 22 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 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free $2.71	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog $2.49 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free Deboned Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Potatoes, Pea Protein	02 Atlantic Salmon Adult Dog Salmon, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Potatoes, Pea Protein

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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.