Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 02 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
• 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	02 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove	04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0%	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red 44.4%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5% 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 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red 23% 20.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 13% 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 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red 5 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support 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 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red 20.5%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red --	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support 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 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red -- No calorie figure on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 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)	02 Baked & Coated Grass-Fed Red Beef, Lamb, Beef Liver, Dehydrated Salmon, Dehydrated Herring	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen White fish (Pollock), Turkey neck, Turkey heart, Broccoli, Sweet potato

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.