Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Horizon Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula Swap Remove
• 02 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Horizon Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula Swap Remove	02 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula 26.7%	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6% Best in this row	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%
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 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula 47% 42.3% as fed	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 7% 0.0% as fed	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% 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 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula 2 of 5	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 4 of 5	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula None	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula None	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula 42.3%	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula 391	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula $2.60 25 lb bag, Amazon	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef 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 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula $1.58	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Pulsar Whole Grain Chicken Formula Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Hulless Barley, Whole Grain Rye, Chicken, Whole Grain Oats	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen White Fish (Pollock), Turkey Neck, Turkey Gizzard, Beef Liver, Broccoli	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney

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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.