Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Wysong Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Wysong Adult Swap Remove
• 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove

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

	01 Wysong Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Wysong Adult Swap Remove	03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free 54.2% Best in this row	02 Adult 33.3%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7%
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 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Adult 38% 34.0% as fed	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% 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 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free 1 of 5	02 Adult 3 of 5	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free None	02 Adult None	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free None Best in this row	02 Adult None Best in this row	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 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 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free 8.5%	02 Adult 34.0%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free --	02 Adult 447	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Adult $2.38 5 lb bag, Chewy	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- 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 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Adult $1.40	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Optimize Wild Caught Salmon Grain-Free Salmon, Green Lipped Mussel, Cheddar Cheese, Monterey Jack Cheese, Swiss Cheese	02 Adult Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oat Groats, Brown Rice, Turkey Meal	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots

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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.