Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend Swap Remove
• 02 Blue Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove

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

	01 Blue Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend Swap Remove	02 Blue Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend 42.2% Best in this row	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 24.4%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%
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 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend 27% 24.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 49% 44.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend 4 of 5	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend None	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend 24.0%	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 44.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend 408	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 353	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend -- No price on file.	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice $2.21 34 lb bag, Chewy	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend -- No price on file.	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice $1.38	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Carnivora Adult Large Breed Woodland Blend Deboned Chicken, Dried Chicken, Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal, Tapioca Starch	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots

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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.