Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Purina Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals Swap Remove
• 02 Beneful Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Purina Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals Swap Remove	02 Beneful Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 28.4%	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 26.1%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6% 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 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 47% 41.5% as fed	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 49% 43.0% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% 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 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 2 of 5	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 1 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 1 Menadione	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 1 Menadione	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 6 None in the last 3 years	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 6 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 41.5%	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 43.0%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals 413	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef 366	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals -- No price on file.	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef $1.08 36 lb bag, PetSmart	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals -- No price on file.	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef $0.66	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Dog Chow Natural Plus Vitamins & Minerals Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Beef Fat Naturally Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Soybean Meal	02 Purina Beneful Originals Farm-Raised Beef Beef, whole grain corn, barley, rice, whole grain wheat	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	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.