Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Fromm Large Breed Adult Gold Swap Remove
• 02 Fromm Four-Star Duck À La Veg® Swap Remove
• 03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Fromm Large Breed Adult Gold Swap Remove	02 Fromm Four-Star Duck À La Veg® Swap Remove	03 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Large Breed Adult Gold 25.6%	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® 26.7%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 Large Breed Adult Gold 48% 43.5% as fed	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® 44% 39.5% as fed	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 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 Large Breed Adult Gold 3 of 5	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® 3 of 5	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Large Breed Adult Gold None	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® None	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Large Breed Adult Gold 3 2 in the last 3 years	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® 3 2 in the last 3 years	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row
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 Large Breed Adult Gold 43.5%	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® 39.5%	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Large Breed Adult Gold 377	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® 387	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Large Breed Adult Gold $1.97 30 lb bag, GoFromm.com	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® $2.70 12 lb bag, Only Natural Pet	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- 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 Large Breed Adult Gold $1.22 Best in this row	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® $1.63	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Large Breed Adult Gold Chicken, Chicken Meal, Chicken Broth, Oatmeal, Pearled Barley	02 Four-Star Duck À La Veg® Duck, Duck Meal, Chicken, Oatmeal, Brown Rice	03 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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.