Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Wellness Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed Swap Remove
• 02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Wellness Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed Swap Remove	02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 33.3%	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 36.7%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% Best in this row	04 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 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 41% 37.0% as fed	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 37% 33.0% as fed	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row	04 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 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 2 of 5	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 3 of 5	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed None	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 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 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 37.0%	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 33.0%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed 406	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 424	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed $2.92 24 lb bag, Amazon	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice $4.00 12 lb bag, Amazon	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 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 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed $1.83 Best in this row	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice $2.37	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Complete Health Grain-Free Large Breed Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Peas, Dried Ground Potatoes, Chickpeas	02 Core Digestive Health Small Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine), Turkey Meal (source of Chondroitin Sulfate), Brown Rice, Oatmeal	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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.