Two Foods, One Method

• 01 I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison Swap Remove
• 02 I and Love and You Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison Swap Remove	02 I and Love and You Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison 34.1% Best in this row	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free 33.3%
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 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison 37% 32.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison 3 of 5	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison None	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free 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 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison 32.5%	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison 431	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free 331
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison $4.18 11 lb bag, Amazon	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free $3.76 21 lb bag, iandloveandyou.com
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 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison $2.63	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free $2.43 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients	01 Naked Essentials Grain-Free with Lamb + Bison Lamb, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Ground Peas	02 Lovingly Simple Lamb + Sweet Potato Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Meal, Dried Chickpeas, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Dried Peas

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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.