Three Foods, One Method

• 01 FirstMate Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 FirstMate Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 FirstMate Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 FirstMate Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free 33.3%	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free 27.8%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% 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 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free 38% 34.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free 47% 42.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 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 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free 2 of 5	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free 2 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free None	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free None	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 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 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free 34.0%	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free 42.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free 485	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free 513	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free $2.95 25.1 lb bag, Amazon	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free $3.88 25 lb bag, Amazon	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef 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 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free $2.08 Best in this row	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free $2.58	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Kasiks Wild Pacific Ocean Fish Meal Formula Grain-Free Pacific Ocean Fish Meal, Chickpeas, Lentils, Peas, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols)	02 Limited Ingredient New Zealand Beef Grain-Free Beef Meal, Burbank Potato, Norkotah Potato, Dried Yeast, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols)	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Antibiotic-Free Meat (72.41%): Ground Lean Beef Meat, Beef Hearts, Beef Livers. Organic Vegetables (24.43%): Cabbage, Lettuce, Squash (seasonal)

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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.