Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat Swap Remove
• 02 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Beef Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat Swap Remove	02 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Beef Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat 39.8%	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef 30.7%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6% 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 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat 29% 25.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef 38% 33.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 7% 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 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat 3 of 5	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef 3 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat None	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support 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 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat 25.5%	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef 33.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat 413	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef 443	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat $3.95 42 lb bag, Chewy	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef $4.76 21 lb bag, Petco	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support 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 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat $2.28 Best in this row	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef $2.79	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red Grain Free : Whole Prey Red Meat Beef, Pork, Pork Meal, Sweet Potato, Tapioca	02 Stella & Chewy’s Beef Beef, Lamb Meal, Oatmeal, Pearled Barley, Pork Meal	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen White Fish (Pollock), Turkey Neck, Turkey Gizzard, Beef Liver, Broccoli

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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.