Four Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Choice Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 NutriSource Choice Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 26.7%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5% 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	02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 47% 42.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% 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 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select 4 of 5	02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select None	02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 42.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select 485	02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley 394	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select $3.83 12 lb bag, Theisen's	02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley $1.65 40 lb bag, Feeders Pet Supply	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef 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 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select $2.11	02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley $0.96 Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free Small Bites High Plains Select beef, trout, turkey meal, beef meal, garbanzo beans	02 Choice Chicken Meal & Barley chicken meal, whole grain sorghum, barley, pea starch, dried yeast	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney

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.