Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove

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

	01 Blue Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	02 Blue Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 64.3% Best in this row	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 44.4%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5%	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%
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 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 11% 0.0% as fed	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 22% 0.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 13% 0.0% as fed	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% 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 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 4 of 5	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 4 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper None	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper 0.0%	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper 0.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper --	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper --	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper $5.74 10 lb bag, Amazon	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper $9.95 3.2 oz bag, Target	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy
Cost / 1,000 Kcal What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper $17.07	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper $25.57	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
First Five Ingredients	01 Tender Shreds Beef Chicken Topper Savory Broth Dog Food Topper Beef, Beef Broth, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken	02 Wilderness Wild Cuts Trail Toppers Chunky Salmon Bites in Hearty Gravy Grain-Free Dog Food Topper Salmon, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Liver, Dried Egg Product	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen White fish (Pollock), Turkey neck, Turkey heart, Broccoli, Sweet potato	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring

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.