Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Solid Gold Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley Swap Remove
• 02 Solid Gold Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove

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

	01 Solid Gold Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley Swap Remove	02 Solid Gold Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	04 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley 28.9%	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock 28.9%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% Best in this row	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%
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 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley 47% 42.0% as fed	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock 46% 41.5% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed Best in this row
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 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley 2 of 5	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock 2 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley None	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 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 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley 42.0%	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock 41.5%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%
Kcal / Cup	01 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley 350	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock 320	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley $2.92 24 lb bag, CountryMax	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock $3.12 24 lb bag, Chewy	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- 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 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley $1.80 Best in this row	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock $2.18	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Wolf Cub Large Breed Puppy Bison, Oatmeal & Pearled Barley Bison, Ocean Fish Meal, Peas, Oatmeal, Brown Rice	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock Pollock, Pollock Meal, Pea Fiber, Pearled Barley, Brown Rice	03 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)	04 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots

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.