Four Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Element Series Outback Trails Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas Swap Remove	02 NutriSource Element Series Outback Trails Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas 25.6%	02 Element Series Outback Trails 37.8%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas 46% 41.0% as fed	02 Element Series Outback Trails 32% 29.0% as fed	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% 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 Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas 1 of 5	02 Element Series Outback Trails 4 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas None	02 Element Series Outback Trails None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Element Series Outback Trails 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas 41.0%	02 Element Series Outback Trails 29.0%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas 441	02 Element Series Outback Trails 494	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas $3.00 26 lb bag, Amazon	02 Element Series Outback Trails $4.41 24 lb bag, Petflow	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
Cost / 1,000 Kcal What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas $1.76	02 Element Series Outback Trails $2.46	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free Large Breed Lamb Meal & Peas lamb meal, peas, pea starch, pea flour, tapioca starch	02 Element Series Outback Trails Deboned Lamb, Kangaroo, Deboned Wild Boar, Lamb Meal, Turkey Meal	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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.