Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Simply Nourish Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Simply Nourish Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal 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

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

	01 Simply Nourish Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	02 Simply Nourish Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal 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	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper 36.4%	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper 75.0% Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5%
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 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper 27% 2.0% as fed	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper 0% 0.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 13% 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 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper 1 of 5	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper 2 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper None	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper 1 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
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 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper 2.0%	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper 0.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper --	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper --	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper $8.32 9.6 oz bag, PetSmart	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper $8.95 3.2 oz bag, PetSmart	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint 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 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper $11.89 Best in this row	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper $37.09	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Homestyle Meal Topper Dog Meal Complement Dog Food Topper Lamb, Water Sufficient for Processing, Sweet Potato, Carrot, Rice	02 Natural Solutions Gut Health All Life Stage Dog Meal Dog Food Topper Chicken, Chicken Broth, Water Sufficient for Processing, Pumpkin, Peas	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

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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.