Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Merrick Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Merrick Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Merrick Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	02 Merrick Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 100.0% Best in this row	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken 42.6%	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6%
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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 0% 0.0% as fed	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken 32% 30.0% as fed	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 7% 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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 1 of 5	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken 3 of 5	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper None	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken None	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer 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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 0.0%	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken 30.0%	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper 26	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken 290	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper $8.78 1 lb bag, Chewy	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support 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 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper $175.97	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free Chicken Bone Broth Dog Food Topper Chicken Bone Broth, Sweet Potato, Apple, Parsley, Turmeric (Spice)	02 Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Mixer Real Chicken Deboned Chicken, Chicken Liver, Peas, Chicken Broth, Gelatin	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney	04 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

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.