Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Holistic Select Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Holistic Select Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Holistic Select Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Holistic Select Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free 38.9%	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal 32.2%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	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 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free 32% 28.5% as fed Best in this row	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal 41% 37.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed	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 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free 3 of 5	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 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 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free None	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free None	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal None	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef 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 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free 28.5%	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal 37.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free 481	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal 441	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal $3.50 24 lb bag, Amazon	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	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 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free -- No price on file.	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal $2.10	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Adult Health Small & Mini Breed Grain-Free Anchovy and Sardine Meal, Chicken Meal, Peas, Chickpeas, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)	02 Adult Health Grain-Free Duck Meal Duck Meal (source of Glucosamine), Chickpeas, Peas, Lentils, Chicken Fat	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	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.