Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Blue Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
• 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Blue Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Blue Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove	04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice 20.0%	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 24.4%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%	04 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 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 49% 44.0% as fed	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed Best in this row	04 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 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice 2 of 5	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 2 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5	04 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 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice None	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None Best in this row	04 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 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice 49.0%	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 44.0%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice 357	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 353	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice $2.24 40 lb bag, Chewy	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice $2.21 34 lb bag, Chewy	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	04 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 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice $1.44	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice $1.38 Best in this row	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken and Brown Rice Deboned Chicken, Brown Rice, Barley, Oatmeal, Chicken Meal	02 Life Protection Formula Adult Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring	04 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)

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.