Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Taste of the Wild Ancient Prairie Canine Swap Remove
• 02 Taste of the Wild High Prairie Canine Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove

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

	01 Taste of the Wild Ancient Prairie Canine Swap Remove	02 Taste of the Wild High Prairie Canine Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Ancient Prairie Canine 35.6%	02 High Prairie Canine 35.6%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% Best in this row	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 43.5%
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 Ancient Prairie Canine 34% 31.0% as fed	02 High Prairie Canine 33% 30.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 9% 8.0% 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 Ancient Prairie Canine 2 of 5	02 High Prairie Canine 2 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Ancient Prairie Canine None	02 High Prairie Canine None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Ancient Prairie Canine 1 None in the last 3 years	02 High Prairie Canine 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 Raw Beef 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 Ancient Prairie Canine 31.0%	02 High Prairie Canine 30.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Ancient Prairie Canine 445	02 High Prairie Canine 422	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free 233
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Ancient Prairie Canine $2.11 28 lb bag, Amazon	02 High Prairie Canine $2.11 56 lb bag, Chewy	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef 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 Ancient Prairie Canine $1.18 Best in this row	02 High Prairie Canine $1.25	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Ancient Prairie Canine Water buffalo, pork, chicken meal, grain sorghum, millet	02 High Prairie Canine Water buffalo, lamb meal, chicken meal, sweet potatoes, peas	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 Raw Beef Meal Bites Grain-Free Beef, Beef Heart, Beef Liver, Beef Lung, Beef Kidney

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.