Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Iams Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed Swap Remove
• 02 Iams Puppy Small Breed Swap Remove

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

	01 Iams Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed Swap Remove	02 Iams Puppy Small Breed Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed 28.9%	02 Puppy Small Breed 33.3% Best in this row
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 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed 46% 41.5% as fed	02 Puppy Small Breed 36% 32.0% 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 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed 2 of 5	02 Puppy Small Breed 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed None	02 Puppy Small Breed None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Puppy Small Breed 1 None in the last 3 years
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 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed 41.5%	02 Puppy Small Breed 32.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed 346	02 Puppy Small Breed 454
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed $1.57 30 lb bag, Amazon	02 Puppy Small Breed $2.20 5 lb bag, PetSmart
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 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed $1.00 Best in this row	02 Puppy Small Breed $1.28
First Five Ingredients	01 Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine), Ground Whole Grain Barley, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum	02 Puppy Small Breed Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Brewers Rice, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum

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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.