Three Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Zignature Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 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 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Zignature Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 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 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 31.8%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% 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 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% as fed	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 24% 1.3% as fed Best in this row	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 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 2 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 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free None Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row
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 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free 1.3%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free --	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --
First Five Ingredients	01 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp	02 Original Food Lamb Formula Grain-Free Lamb, Vegetable Broth, Peas, Lamb Liver, Chickpeas	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.