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Three Foods, One Method

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.

Three Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Iams Adult Healthy Weight Swap Remove 02 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Adult Healthy Weight 22.2% 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%
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 Adult Healthy Weight 56% 50.0% as fed 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% 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 Adult Healthy Weight 2 of 5 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Adult Healthy Weight None 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Adult Healthy Weight 1 None in the last 3 years 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Adult Healthy Weight 50.0% 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0% 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Adult Healthy Weight 326 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Adult Healthy Weight $1.51 38.5 lb bag, Walmart 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 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 Adult Healthy Weight $0.98 Best in this row 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file. 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
First Five Ingredients 01 Adult Healthy Weight Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken, Dried Beet Pulp 02 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative) 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring

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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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