Three Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree Swap Remove	02 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 26.7%	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 25.6%	03 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 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 42% 38.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 48% 43.0% as fed	03 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 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 2 of 5	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 of 5	03 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 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree None	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley None	03 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 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 None in the last 3 years	03 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 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 38.0%	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 43.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree 438	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 396	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree $4.21 12 lb bag, Amazon	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley $1.50 40 lb bag, Theisen's	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint 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 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree $2.35	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley $0.87 Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 PureVita Grain-Free Small Bites Salmon & Peas Entree Salmon, Salmon Meal, Peas, Sweet Potato, Pea Flour	02 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley turkey meal, whole grain sorghum, peas, barley, pea starch	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen White fish (Pollock), Turkey neck, Turkey heart, Broccoli, Sweet potato

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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.