Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Merrick Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison Swap Remove
• 02 Fromm Adult Gold Swap Remove
• 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Merrick Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison Swap Remove	02 Fromm Adult Gold Swap Remove	03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison 29.2%	02 Adult Gold 27.8%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison 42% 37.5% as fed	02 Adult Gold 42% 37.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% 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 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison 3 of 5	02 Adult Gold 3 of 5	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison None	02 Adult Gold None	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Adult Gold 3 2 in the last 3 years	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison 37.5%	02 Adult Gold 37.5%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison 380	02 Adult Gold 418	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison -- No price on file.	02 Adult Gold $1.97 30 lb bag, Polkadog	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
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 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison -- No price on file.	02 Adult Gold $1.16	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Lamb & Venison Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Salmon Meal, Oatmeal	02 Adult Gold Chicken, Chicken Meal, Chicken Broth, Oatmeal, Pearled Barley	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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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.