Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Taste of the Wild Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine Swap Remove
• 02 Taste of the Wild High Prairie Canine Swap Remove

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

	01 Taste of the Wild Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine Swap Remove	02 Taste of the Wild High Prairie Canine Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Level Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine 35.6%	02 High Prairie Canine 35.6%
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Level 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 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine 33% 30.0% as fed	02 High Prairie Canine 33% 30.0% 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 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine 2 of 5	02 High Prairie Canine 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine None	02 High Prairie Canine None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine 1 None in the last 3 years	02 High Prairie Canine 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 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine 30.0%	02 High Prairie Canine 30.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine 422	02 High Prairie Canine 422
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine $2.86 14 lb bag, Amazon	02 High Prairie Canine $2.11 56 lb bag, Chewy
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 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine $1.69	02 High Prairie Canine $1.25 Best in this row
First Five Ingredients	01 Appalachian Valley Small Breed Canine Venison, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, peas, lentils	02 High Prairie Canine Water buffalo, lamb meal, chicken meal, sweet potatoes, peas

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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.