Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Acana Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains Swap Remove
• 02 Acana Light & Fit Swap Remove
• 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Acana Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains Swap Remove	02 Acana Light & Fit Swap Remove	03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains 30.7%	02 Light & Fit 37.5%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains 36% 32.0% as fed	02 Light & Fit 35% 31.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% 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 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains 3 of 5	02 Light & Fit 4 of 5	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains None	02 Light & Fit None	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains None	02 Light & Fit None	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains 32.0%	02 Light & Fit 31.0%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains 371	02 Light & Fit 344	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains $3.12 32 lb bag, Amazon	02 Light & Fit $3.20 25 lb bag, Amazon	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- 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 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains $2.04 Best in this row	02 Light & Fit $2.34	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Wholesome Grains Free-Run Poultry & Grains Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, oat groats, whole sorghum	02 Light & Fit Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, turkey meal, whole red lentils	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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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.