Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Victor Classic Elite Canine Swap Remove
• 02 Victor Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef Swap Remove

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

	01 Victor Classic Elite Canine Swap Remove	02 Victor Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Classic Elite Canine 27.5%	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 37.8% 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 Classic Elite Canine 46% 42.0% as fed	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 33% 29.3% 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 Classic Elite Canine 2 of 5	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Classic Elite Canine None	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef None
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Classic Elite Canine 4 3 in the last 3 years	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 4 3 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 Classic Elite Canine 42.0%	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 29.3%
Kcal / Cup	01 Classic Elite Canine 386	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef 380
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Classic Elite Canine $1.68 50 lb bag, Chewy	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef $3.80 20 lb bag, Chewy
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 Classic Elite Canine $1.02 Best in this row	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef $2.26
First Five Ingredients	01 Classic Elite Canine Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Grain Sorghum, Peas, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols)	02 Raw Blend Ranchers’ Beef Beef, Beef Meal (A Natural Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin), Grain Sorghum, Peas, Pork Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)

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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.