Three Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Element Series Coastal Plains Swap Remove
• 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree Swap Remove	02 NutriSource Element Series Coastal Plains Swap Remove	03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree 26.7%	02 Element Series Coastal Plains 37.8%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree 43% 39.0% as fed	02 Element Series Coastal Plains 33% 30.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% 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 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree 2 of 5	02 Element Series Coastal Plains 5 of 5	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree None	02 Element Series Coastal Plains None	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Element Series Coastal Plains 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree 39.0%	02 Element Series Coastal Plains 30.0%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree 445	02 Element Series Coastal Plains 493	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree -- No price on file.	02 Element Series Coastal Plains $4.42 24 lb bag, Amazon	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
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 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree -- No price on file.	02 Element Series Coastal Plains $2.39	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 PureVita Turkey & Cranberry Entree turkey, turkey meal, barley, oatmeal, brown rice	02 Element Series Coastal Plains Deboned turkey, salmon, whitefish, turkey meal, salmon meal	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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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.