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Four Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

These foods are different formats, so cost is shown but not ranked: wet and kibble are priced on very different amounts of water.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Diamond Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Swap Remove 02 Diamond Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula Swap Remove 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove 04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 20.0% 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 35.6% 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% 04 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. Estimated, 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 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 58% 52.0% as fed 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 26% 23.0% as fed 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% as fed
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The 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 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 1 of 5 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 3 of 5 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula None 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula None 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 5 None in the last 3 years 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 5 None in the last 3 years 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row
Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 52.0% 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 23.0% 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5% 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 310 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 466 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula $1.40 30 lb bag, Amazon 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula $1.37 40 lb bag, Amazon 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
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 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula $1.02 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula $0.74 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file. 04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Naturals Light Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Lamb meal, whole grain brown rice, oatmeal, cracked pearled barley, white rice 02 Naturals Extreme Athlete Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula Chicken meal, chicken, white rice, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), cracked pearled barley 03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver 04 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.

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