Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Northwest Naturals Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb Swap Remove
• 02 Northwest Naturals Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef 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 Northwest Naturals Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb Swap Remove	02 Northwest Naturals Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef 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 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb 46.7% Best in this row	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef 45.2%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6%
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 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb 7% 0.0% as fed	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef 7% 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 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb 4 of 5	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef 5 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb None	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb None	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef 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 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb 0.0%	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef 0.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb --	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef --	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb -- No price on file.	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef -- 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 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb -- No price on file.	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef -- No price on file.	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars; Chubs Lamb Lamb, Lamb Heart, Lamb Liver, Ground Lamb Bone, Broccoli	02 Nuggets; Bulk Meal Bars Bison & Beef Bison Heart, Beef Kidney, Bison Liver, Beef Heart, Bison Kidney	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.