Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Natural Choice Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Natural Choice Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Natural Choice Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Natural Choice Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice 24.4%	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice 28.9%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	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 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice 49% 44.5% as fed	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice 46% 41.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice 2 of 5	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 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 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice None	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice None	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
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 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice 44.5%	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice 41.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice 320	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice 360	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice -- No price on file.	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice $2.67 30 lb bag, PetSmart	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice -- No price on file.	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice $1.64	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Nutro Natural Choice Adult Venison Meal & Brown Rice Venison Meal, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Split Peas, Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum	02 Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Brown Rice Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Barley, Oatmeal	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	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.