Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove

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

	01 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove	02 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove	04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 23.9%	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% Best in this row	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0%
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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 52% 46.0% as fed	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% as fed	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 38% 33.0% 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 1 of 5	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file.
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None Best in this row	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None Best in this row	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file.
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor None	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 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 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 46.0%	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 342	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy --
First Five Ingredients	01 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate) Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [preserved with Bha/citric Acid]), Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium) Soybean Meal, Ground Whole Grain Wheat	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy --

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.