Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Solid Gold Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Solid Gold Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove

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

	01 Solid Gold Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	02 Solid Gold Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper 38.7%	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 62.5% Best in this row	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7%
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 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper 17% 16.0% as fed	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 0% 0.0% as fed	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 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 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper 2 of 5	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 2 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper None	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years
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 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper 16.0%	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 0.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper --	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper --	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper -- No price on file.	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper $5.70 11.2 oz bag, Petco	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- 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 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper -- No price on file.	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper $17.58	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Nutrientboost Chicken Freeze Dried Dog Food Topper Chicken, Chicken Liver, Pumpkin, Dried Carrots, Dried Cranberries	02 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper Beef Bone Broth, Beef, Tapioca Starch, Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots

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.