Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef Swap Remove
• 02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove

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

	01 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef Swap Remove	02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken Swap Remove	03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef 35.2%	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken 38.5% Best in this row	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5%
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 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef 36% 33.0% as fed	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken 33% 30.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 38% 33.0% as fed	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% 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 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef 4 of 5	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken 4 of 5	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file.	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef None	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken None	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file.	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef None	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken None	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy None	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef 33.0%	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken 30.0%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef 400	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken 420	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy --	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376
First Five Ingredients	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Beef Beef, Beef Meal, Millet, Pork Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Menhaden Fish Meal	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Canine Chicken Chicken, Chicken Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Spray Dried Chicken Liver	03 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy --	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal

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.