Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Wellness Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas Swap Remove
• 02 Wellness Complete Health Lamb & Barley 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 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Wellness Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas Swap Remove	02 Wellness Complete Health Lamb & Barley 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 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas 27.8%	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 26.7%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% 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 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas 48% 43.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 7% 0.0% as fed	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 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 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas 2 of 5	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 2 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 4 of 5	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas None	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 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 Complete Meals Beef & Produce 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 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas 43.5%	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 44.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas 440	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 417	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas $5.00 4 lb bag, Chewy	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley $2.33 30 lb bag, Amazon	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce 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 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas $3.13	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley $1.41 Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Complete Health Grained Small Breed Senior Turkey Peas Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Peas, Sorghum, Oats	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley Lamb, Lamb Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Barley, Peas, Sorghum	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 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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.