Four Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Element Series Outback Trails Swap Remove
• 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree Swap Remove	02 NutriSource Element Series Outback Trails Swap Remove	03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 26.7%	02 Element Series Outback Trails 37.8%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 42% 38.0% as fed	02 Element Series Outback Trails 32% 29.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% as fed	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 Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 2 of 5	02 Element Series Outback Trails 4 of 5	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 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 Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree None	02 Element Series Outback Trails None	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Element Series Outback Trails 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 38.0%	02 Element Series Outback Trails 29.0%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 438	02 Element Series Outback Trails 494	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree $4.21 12 lb bag, Amazon	02 Element Series Outback Trails $4.41 24 lb bag, Petflow	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- 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 Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree $2.35 Best in this row	02 Element Series Outback Trails $2.46	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree Salmon, Salmon Meal, Peas, Sweet Potato, Pea Flour	02 Element Series Outback Trails Deboned Lamb, Kangaroo, Deboned Wild Boar, Lamb Meal, Turkey Meal	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart	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.