Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Iams Adult Small Breed Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Iams Adult Small Breed Swap Remove	02 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Adult Small Breed 30.0%	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 50.0% Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	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 Adult Small Breed 40% 36.0% as fed	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 11% 0.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Adult Small Breed 3 of 5	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 4 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Adult Small Breed None	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Adult Small Breed 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck None Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Adult Small Breed 36.0%	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 0.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Adult Small Breed 393	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 195	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Adult Small Breed $1.93 15.5 lb bag, Walmart	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Adult Small Breed $1.13	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Adult Small Breed Chicken, chicken by-product meal, ground whole grain corn, ground whole grain sorghum, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols)	02 Grain Free Turkey & Duck Turkey, turkey broth, turkey liver, ground dried peas, duck	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	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.