Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Now Fresh Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Now Fresh Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food Swap Remove	02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food 31.1%	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% 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 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food 38% 34.5% as fed	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food 2 of 5	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food None	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food None Best in this row	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Puppy Dog Food 34.5%	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food 414	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food $4.32 22 lb bag, Amazon	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- 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 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food $2.53	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free Puppy Dog Food de-boned turkey, peas, potatoes, whole dried egg, potato flour	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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.