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Four Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Diamond Naturals Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula Swap Remove 02 Diamond Naturals Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Swap Remove 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs 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 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 30.0% 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 25.6% 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% Best in this row 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, 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 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 42% 38.0% as fed 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 48% 43.0% as fed 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed Best in this row
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The 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 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 2 of 5 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 2 of 5 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula None 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula None 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula None 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula None 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 38.0% 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 43.0% 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 0.0% 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula 418 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 403 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula $1.83 18 lb bag, Amazon 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula $1.10 40 lb bag, Amazon 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file. 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy
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 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula $1.10 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula $0.68 Best in this row 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file. 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
First Five Ingredients 01 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Chicken & Rice Formula Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, white rice, grain sorghum 02 Diamond>Naturals Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Lamb meal, white rice, cracked pearled barley, grain sorghum, egg product 03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Chicken, Chicken Necks (bone in), Chicken Gizzards, Chicken Liver, Chicken Hearts 04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring

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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.

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