Two Foods, One Method

• 01 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Natural Choice Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Swap Remove

Two 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 Natural Choice Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ 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 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice 28.9%
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 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice 43% 39.0% 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 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	02 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	02 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice 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 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	02 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice 39.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	02 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice 272
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	02 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice $2.67 30 lb bag, PetSmart
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 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice $1.86
First Five Ingredients	01 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	02 Nutro Natural Choice Healthy Weight Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Barley, Brown Rice, Oatmeal

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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.