Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Beneful Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef Swap Remove
• 02 Beneful Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Beneful Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef Swap Remove	02 Beneful Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 26.1%	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon 27.3%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% 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 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 49% 43.0% as fed	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon 44% 39.0% as fed	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 1 of 5	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon 2 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 1 Menadione	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon 1 Menadione	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 6 None in the last 3 years	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon 6 None in the last 3 years	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years 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 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 43.0%	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon 39.0%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 366	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon 366	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef $1.08 36 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon -- No price on file.	03 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 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef $0.66	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon -- No price on file.	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef Beef, whole grain corn, barley, rice, whole grain wheat	02 Purina Beneful Superfood Blend Salmon Salmon, chicken meal, whole grain wheat, barley, rice	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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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.