Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Blue Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato Swap Remove
• 03 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Blue Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Blue Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato Swap Remove	03 Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice 30.0%	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato 22.2%	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 64.0% Best in this row	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6%
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 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice 40% 36.0% as fed	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato 49% 44.0% as fed	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 6% 0.0% as fed	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% 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 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice 2 of 5	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato 2 of 5	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 2 of 5	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice None	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato None	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Lamb Feast 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 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice 36.0%	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato 44.0%	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 0.0%	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice 401	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato 356	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free --	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice $2.15 34 lb bag, Chewy	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato $3.41 22 lb bag, Amazon	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy
Cost / 1,000 Kcal What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice $1.27	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato $2.12	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken and Brown Rice Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley	02 Basics Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Grain-Free Lamb and Potato Deboned Lamb, Potatoes, Pea Starch, Peas, Lamb Meal (source of Glucosamine)	03 Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free Chicken (Boneless, Skinless Breast), Chicken Broth, Pumpkin, Carrot, Pea	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver

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.