Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Solid Gold Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea Swap Remove
• 02 Solid Gold Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove
• 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Solid Gold Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea Swap Remove	02 Solid Gold Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove	04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea 45.6%	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable 28.9%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% 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 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea 23% 21.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable 43% 39.0% as fed	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% as fed	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 12% 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 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea 3 of 5	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable 2 of 5	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea None	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable None	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea 1 None in the last 3 years	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable 1 None in the last 3 years	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None Best in this row	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs 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 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea 21.0%	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable 39.0%	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea 415	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable 388	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea $3.64 22 lb bag, Walmart	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs 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 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea $2.10 Best in this row	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable -- No price on file.	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Barking at the Moon High Protein Beef, Egg & Pea Beef, Ocean Fish Meal, Pea Protein, Potatoes, Dried Eggs	02 Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable Salmon, Ocean Fish Meal, Chickpeas, Lentils, Peas	03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Chicken, Chicken Necks (bone in), Chicken Gizzards, Chicken Liver, Chicken Hearts

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.