Four Foods, One Method

• 01 AvoDerm Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables Swap Remove
• 02 AvoDerm Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 AvoDerm Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables Swap Remove	02 AvoDerm Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables 27.8%	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 27.8%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5% 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 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables 30% 27.0% as fed	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 39% 35.5% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% 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 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables 2 of 5	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables None	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables 27.0%	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 35.5%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables 352	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 446	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables $3.12 24 lb bag, Chewy	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites 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 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables $2.12	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free Beef & Vegetables Beef, Beef Meal, Peas, Pea Flour, Potatoes	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula Duck, Duck Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, Pea Flour	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney

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.