Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Instinct Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef Swap Remove
• 02 Instinct Raw Boost Mixers All Natural 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
• 04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Instinct Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef Swap Remove	02 Instinct Raw Boost Mixers All Natural 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	04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef 40.4%	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef 40.4%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6% Best in this row	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%
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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef 12% 11.0% as fed	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef 5% 5.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 7% 0.0% as fed	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef 4 of 5	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef 4 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 4 of 5	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef None	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural 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	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef 11.0%	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef 5.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef --	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef 247	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef $52.33 5.5 oz bag, Amazon	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef $27.97 6.4 oz bag, Chewy	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef -- No calorie figure on file.	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef $14.48	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Shakers Grass-Fed Beef Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Kidney, Pumpkin Seeds, Beef Spleen	02 Raw Boost Mixers All Natural Beef Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Kidney, Pumpkin Seeds, Beef Spleen	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	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney

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.