Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Royal Canin Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog Swap Remove
• 02 Royal Canin Pomeranian 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 Royal Canin Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog Swap Remove	02 Royal Canin Pomeranian 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 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog 28.9%	02 Pomeranian Adult 26.7%	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 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog 44% 40.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Pomeranian Adult 47% 42.4% 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 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog 1 of 5	02 Pomeranian Adult 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 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog None	02 Pomeranian Adult None	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog None Best in this row	02 Pomeranian 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 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog 40.0%	02 Pomeranian Adult 42.4%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog 270	02 Pomeranian Adult 352	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog $4.83 24.2 lb bag, Amazon	02 Pomeranian Adult $6.20 10 lb bag, Amazon	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 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog $3.24 Best in this row	02 Pomeranian Adult $3.73	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Veterinary Weight Control Large Dog Corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, barley, powdered cellulose	02 Pomeranian Adult Brewers rice, corn, chicken by-product meal, chicken fat, oat groats	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.