Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Fromm Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté Swap Remove
• 02 Fromm Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy 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 Fromm Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté Swap Remove	02 Fromm Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy 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 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté 40.9%	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy 50.0%	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 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté 18% 0.0% as fed	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy 19% 0.0% 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 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté 3 of 5	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy 3 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 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté None	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté 3 2 in the last 3 years	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy 3 2 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
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 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté 0.0%	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy 0.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté --	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy --	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --
First Five Ingredients	01 Four-Star Diner Classics Paula’s Chicken & Pumpkin Pâté Chicken, Chicken Broth, Pumpkin, Chicken Liver, White Rice	02 Four-Star Diner Specials Chicken Canine Bleu Entrée in Gravy Chicken, Chicken Broth, Pork Broth, Potatoes, Carrots	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.