Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Edgard & Cooper Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Edgard & Cooper Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free 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 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free 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 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free 25.6% 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 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 48% 43.0% as fed	02 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free 43% 39.0% 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 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free None	02 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free None	02 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog 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 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 43.0%	02 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free 39.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free 411	02 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free 428
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free $4.44 4.5 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free $4.32 22 lb bag, PetSmart
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 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free $2.53 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients	01 Chicken & Salmon Dog Grain-Free Deboned Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Potatoes, Pea Protein	02 Farm-Raised Lamb Adult Dog Grain-Free Lamb, 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.