Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Smallbatch Chicken Sliders Swap Remove
• 02 Smallbatch Small Batch Beef Small Bites Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Smallbatch Chicken Sliders Swap Remove	02 Smallbatch Small Batch Beef Small Bites Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Chicken Sliders 64.9% Best in this row	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites 48.8%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0%
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 Chicken Sliders 8% 7.2% as fed Best in this row	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites 11% 10.6% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 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 Chicken Sliders 5 of 5	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites 4 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Chicken Sliders None	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Chicken Sliders None	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None
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 Chicken Sliders 7.2%	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites 10.6%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Chicken Sliders --	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites --	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Chicken Sliders $41.24 1.6 lb bag, Chewy	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites $32.90 1.6 oz bag, Chewy	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef 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 Chicken Sliders $21.39	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites $16.12 Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Chicken Sliders Chicken (with ground bone), Chicken Gizzards, Chicken Liver, Chicken, Chicken Heart	02 Small Batch Beef Small Bites Beef Heart, Beef Kidney, Beef Liver, Ground Beef Bone, Organic Carrots	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Antibiotic-Free Meat (72.41%): Ground Lean Beef Meat, Beef Hearts, Beef Livers. Organic Vegetables (24.43%): Cabbage, Lettuce, Squash (seasonal)

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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.