Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula Swap Remove
• 02 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 Blue True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula Swap Remove	02 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 28.9%	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3%	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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 40% 36.0% as fed	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 0.0% 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 2 of 5	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula None	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 36.0%	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 395	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula $2.85 20 lb bag, Walmart	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
Cost / 1,000 Kcal What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula $1.72	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Brown Rice, Barley	02 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	03 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart	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

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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.