Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Dr. Tim's Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Dr. Tim's Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages 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 Dr. Tim's Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Dr. Tim's Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages 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 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free 35.6%	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages 28.9%	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 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free 33% 29.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages 43% 39.0% 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 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free 2 of 5	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages 2 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 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free None	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free None	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support 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 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free 29.5%	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages 39.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free 389	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages 436	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free $3.88 30 lb bag, Chewy	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages $2.94 40 lb bag, Chewy	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 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free $2.42	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages $1.69 Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Dr. Tim’s RPM Salmon & Pork Grain-Free Salmon meal, pork meal, dried white potatoes, dried field peas, tapioca	02 Dr. Tim’s Kinesis All Life Stages Chicken meal, brown rice, pearled barley, whole oat groats, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols)	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.