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

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

Two Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Earthborn Holistic Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods Swap Remove 02 Taste of the Wild Sierra Mountain Canine Swap Remove + Add A Food + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods 26.7% 02 Sierra Mountain Canine 27.8% 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 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods 41% 37.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Sierra Mountain Canine 43% 39.0% 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 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods 2 of 5 02 Sierra Mountain Canine 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods None 02 Sierra Mountain Canine None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods None Best in this row 02 Sierra Mountain Canine 1 None in the last 3 years
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 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods 37.0% 02 Sierra Mountain Canine 39.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods 370 02 Sierra Mountain Canine 410
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods $2.88 25 lb bag, CountryMax 02 Sierra Mountain Canine $2.11 28 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 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods $1.81 02 Sierra Mountain Canine $1.29 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients 01 Unrefined Roasted Lamb with Ancient Grains & Superfoods Lamb, Lamb Meal, Quinoa, Butternut Squash, Buckwheat 02 Sierra Mountain Canine Lamb, lamb meal, sweet potatoes, egg product, lentils

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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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