Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Merrick Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 02 Merrick Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove

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

	01 Merrick Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato Swap Remove	02 Merrick Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato 33.7% Best in this row	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish 33.7% Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%
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 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato 38% 33.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish 39% 34.5% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato 2 of 5	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato None	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato 33.5%	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish 34.5%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato 393	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish 377	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
First Five Ingredients	01 Lil’ Plates Grain-Free Real Lamb + Sweet Potato Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Potatoes	02 Full Source with Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble with Salmon & Whitefish Deboned Salmon, Salmon Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots

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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.