Four Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree Swap Remove	02 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree 28.9%	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 25.6%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row	04 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 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree 40% 36.0% as fed	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 48% 43.0% as fed	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row	04 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 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree 2 of 5	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 of 5	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree None	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 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 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree 36.0%	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 43.0%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree 422	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 396	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree -- No price on file.	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley $1.50 40 lb bag, Theisen's	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 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 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree -- No price on file.	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley $0.87	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 PureVita Grain-Free Duck & Green Lentils Entree Duck, Duck Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Red Lentils, Green Lentils	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley turkey meal, whole grain sorghum, peas, barley, pea starch	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots

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.