Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Limited Ingredient Diet Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 02 Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 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 Limited Ingredient Diet Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	02 Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 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 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato 22.2%	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 26.7% 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 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato 52% 46.5% as fed	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 39% 35.0% as fed Best in this row	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 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato 1 of 5	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 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 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato None	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato None Best in this row	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 2 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 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato 46.5%	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 35.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato 373	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free 495	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato -- No price on file.	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free $4.25 20 lb bag, PetSmart	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato -- No price on file.	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free $2.17	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Adult Venison Meal & Sweet Potato Venison Meal, Dried Potatoes, Lentils, Chickpeas, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)	02 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb Meal, Lamb, Tapioca, Peas, Canola Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid)	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.