Four Foods, One Method

• 01 TruDog Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove

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

	01 TruDog Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit Swap Remove	02 TruDog Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 36.1%	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 23.5%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4% 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 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 36% 2.5% as fed	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 41% 3.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed Best in this row
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 Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 4 of 5	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit None	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit None	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit 2.5%	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes 3.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit --	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes --	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit -- No price on file.	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy
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 Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit -- No price on file.	02 Elevate Homestyle Bone-In Grain Free Chicken Stew w/ Sweet Potatoes -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
First Five Ingredients	01 Elevate Smoky BBQ Stew Healthy Grains Braised Duck & Beef Stew w/ Whit Duck, Duck broth, Beef 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 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring

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.