Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Royal Canin Veterinary Dental Small Dog Swap Remove
• 02 Royal Canin Labrador Retriever Adult Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove

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

	01 Royal Canin Veterinary Dental Small Dog Swap Remove	02 Royal Canin Labrador Retriever Adult Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Veterinary Dental Small Dog 22.2%	02 Labrador Retriever Adult 31.3% Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%
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 Dental Small Dog 49% 44.2% as fed	02 Labrador Retriever Adult 44% 39.6% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Veterinary Dental Small Dog 2 of 5	02 Labrador Retriever Adult 1 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Veterinary Dental Small Dog None Best in this row	02 Labrador Retriever Adult 1 Menadione	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Veterinary Dental Small Dog None	02 Labrador Retriever Adult None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
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 Dental Small Dog 44.2%	02 Labrador Retriever Adult 39.6%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Veterinary Dental Small Dog 329	02 Labrador Retriever Adult 306	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Veterinary Dental Small Dog $6.70 8.8 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Labrador Retriever Adult $3.33 30 lb bag, Amazon	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Dental Small Dog $3.96	02 Labrador Retriever Adult $2.11 Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Veterinary Dental Small Dog Brewers rice, corn, chicken by-product meal, chicken fat, wheat gluten	02 Labrador Retriever Adult Corn, chicken by-product meal, oat groats, brewers rice, corn protein meal	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, 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.