Four Foods, One Method

• 01 TruDog Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
• 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 TruDog Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P Swap Remove	02 TruDog Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove	04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P 32.5%	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach 23.5%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4% Best in this row	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
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 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P 43% 4.5% as fed	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach 41% 3.0% as fed	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed Best in this row	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P 3 of 5	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach 2 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P None	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P None Best in this row	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach None Best in this row	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None Best in this row	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 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 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P 4.5%	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach 3.0%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P --	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach --	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P -- No price on file.	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- 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 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P -- No price on file.	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Elevate Kettle Cooked Chunky Healthy Grains Chicken Stew w/ Carrots, P Chicken, Chicken Broth, Vegetable broth, Carrots, Whole Egg	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Carrots & Spinach Chicken, Chicken Bone Broth, Vegetable broth, Carrots, Spinach	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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.