Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula Swap Remove
• 02 Purina Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Purina Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 29.5%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3%
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 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 42% 36.5% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 2 of 5	02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 2 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula None Best in this row	02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 1 Menadione	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row
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 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 6 None in the last 3 years	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 36.5%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula 395	02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken 357	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula $2.85 20 lb bag, Walmart	02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken -- No price on file.	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey 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 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula $1.72	02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken -- No price on file.	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 True Solutions Jolly Joints Mobility Support Formula Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Brown Rice, Barley	02 Bella Natural Bites with a Blend of Real Turkey & Chicken Turkey, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Wheat, Beef Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Corn Gluten Meal	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Chicken, Chicken Necks (bone in), Chicken Gizzards, Chicken Liver, Chicken Hearts	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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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.