Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 02 Organix Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove	02 Organix Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% Best in this row	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato 29.2%	03 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 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% as fed	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato 43% 38.5% as fed	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row
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 Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato 2 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato 1 None in the last 3 years	03 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 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato 38.5%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato 387	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
First Five Ingredients	01 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal	02 Castor & Pollux Grain-Free Organic Chicken & Sweet Potato Organic Chicken, Organic Chicken Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes, Organic Peas	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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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.