Four Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource Grain-Free High Plains Select Swap Remove
• 02 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource Grain-Free High Plains Select Swap Remove	02 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Grain-Free High Plains Select 31.1%	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% Best in this row	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3%
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 High Plains Select 36% 32.0% as fed	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% as fed Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 High Plains Select 4 of 5	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Grain-Free High Plains Select None	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Grain-Free High Plains Select 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 High Plains Select 32.0%	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Grain-Free High Plains Select 451	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Grain-Free High Plains Select $3.12 26 lb bag, Runnings	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey 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 Grain-Free High Plains Select $1.68	02 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Grain-Free High Plains Select Beef, Trout, Turkey Meal, Beef Meal, Garbanzo Beans	02 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)	03 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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.