Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 02 Royal Canin Small Indoor Adult Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	02 Royal Canin Small Indoor Adult Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5% Best in this row	02 Small Indoor Adult 21.1%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%
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 Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 13% 0.0% as fed	02 Small Indoor Adult 55% 49.3% as fed	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row
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 Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5	02 Small Indoor Adult 2 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None	02 Small Indoor Adult None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None	02 Small Indoor Adult None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	02 Small Indoor Adult 49.3%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --	02 Small Indoor Adult 354	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	02 Small Indoor Adult $8.00 2.5 lb bag, Amazon	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- 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 Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	02 Small Indoor Adult $4.88	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43 Best in this row	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen White fish (Pollock), Turkey neck, Turkey heart, Broccoli, Sweet potato	02 Small Indoor Adult Brewers rice, chicken by-product meal, corn, brown rice, chicken fat	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney

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.