Four Foods, One Method

• 01 AvoDerm Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Turkey 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 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula Swap Remove	02 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 31.1%	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% 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 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 44% 40.0% as fed	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 2 of 5	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula None	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 1 None in the last 3 years	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey 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 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 40.0%	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 350	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula $2.78 12 lb bag, Walmart	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey 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 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula $1.89	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula Lamb Meal, Chicken Meal, Peas, Pea Flour, Tapioca Flour	02 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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.