Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Earthborn Holistic Small Breed Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites 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 Earthborn Holistic Small Breed Swap Remove	02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites 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 Small Breed 31.1%	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% 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 Small Breed 40% 36.0% as fed	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% 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 Small Breed 2 of 5	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Small Breed None	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Small Breed None	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Lamb Feast 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 Small Breed 36.0%	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Small Breed 400	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Small Breed -- No price on file.	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy
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 Small Breed -- No price on file.	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Small Breed Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Dried Egg, Tapioca, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)	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.