Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 02 Organix Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 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 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal Swap Remove	02 Organix Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 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 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal 33.7%	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 29.2%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% Best in this row
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 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal 38% 33.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 46% 40.5% 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 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal 2 of 5	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 2 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 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal None	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior None	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal 1 None in the last 3 years Best in this row	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 1 None in the last 3 years 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 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal 33.5%	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 40.5%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal 395	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior 377	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
First Five Ingredients	01 Pristine Grass-Fed Beef & Oatmeal Beef, Chicken Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Brown Rice, Organic Barley	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Senior Organic Chicken, Organic Chicken Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes, Organic Peas	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.