Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Acana Highest Protein Meadowland Swap Remove
• 02 Orijen Small Breed Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Acana Highest Protein Meadowland Swap Remove	02 Orijen Small Breed Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland 37.5%	02 Small Breed Grain-Free 43.2% 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 Highest Protein Meadowland 30% 26.0% as fed	02 Small Breed Grain-Free 25% 22.0% 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 Highest Protein Meadowland 5 of 5	02 Small Breed Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland None	02 Small Breed Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland None	02 Small Breed Grain-Free 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 Highest Protein Meadowland 26.0%	02 Small Breed Grain-Free 22.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Highest Protein Meadowland 392	02 Small Breed Grain-Free 473
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Highest Protein Meadowland $3.84 25 lb bag, Chewy	02 Small Breed Grain-Free $6.40 10 lb bag, Amazon
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 Highest Protein Meadowland $2.46 Best in this row	02 Small Breed Grain-Free $3.58
First Five Ingredients	01 Highest Protein Meadowland Deboned chicken, deboned turkey, chicken liver, turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard), chicken meal	02 Small Breed Grain-Free Turkey, chicken, turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard), whole herring, salmon

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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.