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 Earthborn Holistic Ocean Fusion Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck 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 Earthborn Holistic Ocean Fusion Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove	04 TruDog Grain Free Turkey & Duck 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% Best in this row	02 Ocean Fusion 25.6%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 50.0%
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 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed	02 Ocean Fusion 50% 45.0% as fed	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed Best in this row	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 11% 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 Ocean Fusion 0 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 4 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 Ocean Fusion None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 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 Ocean Fusion None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 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 Ocean Fusion 45.0%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --	02 Ocean Fusion 350	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck 195
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	02 Ocean Fusion -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- 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 Ocean Fusion -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck -- 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 Ocean Fusion Pacific Whiting Meal, Brown Rice, Tapioca, Pumpkin, Pearled Barley	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring	04 Grain Free Turkey & Duck Turkey, turkey broth, turkey liver, ground dried peas, duck

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.