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Four Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

These foods are different formats, so cost is shown but not ranked: wet and kibble are priced on very different amounts of water.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 TruDog Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C Swap Remove 02 TruDog Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes Swap Remove 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove 04 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 36.1% 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 23.5% 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4% 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% Best in this row
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, 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 Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 36% 2.5% as fed 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 41% 3.0% as fed 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The 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 Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 3 of 5 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 2 of 5 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C None 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes None 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C None 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes None 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C 2.5% 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 3.0% 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5% 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C -- 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes -- 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C -- No price on file. 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes -- No price on file. 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy
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 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C -- No price on file. 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes -- No price on file. 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Grain Free Glazed Chicken Stew w/ White Potatoes & C Chicken, Chicken Broth, Vegetable broth, Potatoes, Whole Egg 02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes Chicken, Chicken Bone Broth, Vegetable broth, Sweet Potatoes, Kale 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring 04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver

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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.

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