Three Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Element Series Open Waters Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree Swap Remove	02 NutriSource Element Series Open Waters Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree 31.1%	02 Element Series Open Waters 37.8% Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
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 Beef & Red Lentils Entree 36% 32.5% as fed	02 Element Series Open Waters 32% 29.0% as fed Best in this row	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree 2 of 5	02 Element Series Open Waters 4 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree None	02 Element Series Open Waters None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Element Series Open Waters 1 None in the last 3 years	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years
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 Beef & Red Lentils Entree 32.5%	02 Element Series Open Waters 29.0%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree 428	02 Element Series Open Waters 504	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree $4.00 25 lb bag, Amazon	02 Element Series Open Waters $4.41 24 lb bag, Petflow	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree 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 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree $2.26 Best in this row	02 Element Series Open Waters $2.45	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 PureVita Grain-Free Beef & Red Lentils Entree Beef, Beef Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Green Lentils, Red Lentils	02 Element Series Open Waters haddock, trout, duck, salmon, salmon meal	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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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.