Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Earthborn Holistic Meadow Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Earthborn Holistic Small Breed Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Earthborn Holistic Meadow Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Earthborn Holistic Small Breed Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Meadow Feast Grain-Free 26.7%	02 Small Breed 31.1%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% 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 Meadow Feast Grain-Free 46% 41.0% as fed	02 Small Breed 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed Best in this row	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs 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 Meadow Feast Grain-Free 1 of 5	02 Small Breed 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Meadow Feast Grain-Free None	02 Small Breed None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Meadow Feast Grain-Free None	02 Small Breed None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 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 Meadow Feast Grain-Free 41.0%	02 Small Breed 36.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Meadow Feast Grain-Free 350	02 Small Breed 400	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Meadow Feast Grain-Free $2.65 25 lb bag, Only Natural Pet	02 Small Breed -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs 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 Meadow Feast Grain-Free $1.65	02 Small Breed -- No price on file.	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Meadow Feast Grain-Free Lamb Meal, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Tapioca, Canola Oil	02 Small Breed Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Dried Egg, Tapioca, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 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

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.