Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Pedigree Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 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 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove	02 Pedigree Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 23.9%	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 23.9%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1% 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 52% 46.0% as fed	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 52% 46.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 1 of 5	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 1 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 5 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5, Yellow 6	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 5 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5, Yellow 6	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 5 2 in the last 3 years	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 5 2 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 46.0%	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 46.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 332	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor 332	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor $1.21 14 lb bag, Amazon	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor $1.21 42 lb bag, Chewy	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
Cost / 1,000 Kcal Level 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor $0.77	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor $0.77	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate), Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [Preserved With BHA/Citric Acid]), Meat And Bone Meal	02 Small Dog Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate), Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [Preserved With BHA/Citric Acid]), Meat And Bone Meal	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.