Three Foods, One Method

• 01 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Blue Life Protection Formula Beef Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove

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

	01 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Blue Life Protection Formula Beef Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% Best in this row	02 Life Protection Formula Beef 26.7%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%
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 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Life Protection Formula Beef 46% 41.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5	02 Life Protection Formula Beef 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	02 Life Protection Formula Beef None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row	02 Life Protection Formula Beef 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	02 Life Protection Formula Beef 41.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	02 Life Protection Formula Beef 391	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	02 Life Protection Formula Beef $2.24 40 lb bag, Amazon	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
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 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	02 Life Protection Formula Beef $1.36	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	02 Life Protection Formula Beef Deboned beef, chicken meal, brown rice, oatmeal, barley	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots

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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.