Four Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select Swap Remove	02 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select 31.1%	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 50.0% 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 Small Bites High Plains Select 37% 33.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 11% 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 Small Bites High Plains Select 4 of 5	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select None	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 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 Small Bites High Plains Select 33.0%	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select 485	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 195
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select $3.83 12 lb bag, Theisen's	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- 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 Small Bites High Plains Select $2.11	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select beef, trout, turkey meal, beef meal, garbanzo beans	02 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck Turkey, turkey broth, turkey liver, ground dried peas, duck

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.