Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Purina ONE SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula Swap Remove
• 02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Purina ONE SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula Swap Remove	02 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula 29.5%	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4% 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 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula 42% 37.0% as fed	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% 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 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula 2 of 5	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula 1 Menadione	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None Best in this row	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula 6 None in the last 3 years	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula 37.0%	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula 380	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula $1.37 44 lb bag, Sam's Club	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	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 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula $0.76 Best in this row	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 SmartBlend Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula Lamb, rice, whole grain corn, whole grain wheat, chicken by-product meal	02 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring	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.