Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Merrick Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Merrick Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove

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

	01 Merrick Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	02 Merrick Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef 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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 100.0% Best in this row	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef 42.6%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%
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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 0% 0.0% as fed	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef 29% 27.0% as fed	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% 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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 1 of 5	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef 2 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper None	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 0.0%	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef 27.0%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 26	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef 230	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper $8.78 1 lb bag, Chewy	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper $175.97	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper Chicken Bone Broth, Sweet Potato, Apple, Parsley, Turmeric (Spice)	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Mixer Real Beef Deboned Beef, Beef Liver, Dried Potatoes, Gelatin, Potato Protein	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.