Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red Swap Remove
• 02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl Swap Remove
• 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove
• 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red Swap Remove	02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl Swap Remove	03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove	04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red 33.0%	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl 37.4%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5% 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 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red 39% 35.0% as fed	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl 34% 31.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% as fed	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 13% 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 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red 3 of 5	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl 4 of 5	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red None	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl None	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red None Best in this row	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl None Best in this row	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint 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 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red 35.0%	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl 31.0%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red 440	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl 445	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
First Five Ingredients	01 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Red Beef (source of Methionine-Cystine), Beef Meal, Tapioca Starch, Pork Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Yeast Culture	02 Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free Canine Fowl Chicken (source of Methionine-cystine), Chicken Meal, Tapioca Root, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Turkey Meal	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen White fish (Pollock), Turkey neck, Turkey heart, Broccoli, Sweet potato

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.