Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Tiki Dog Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 02 Tiki Dog Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Tiki Dog Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free Swap Remove	02 Tiki Dog Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free Swap Remove	03 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free 28.9%	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free 33.3%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3%	04 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 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free 42% 37.5% as fed	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free 38% 34.5% as fed	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% as fed Best in this row	04 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 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free 3 of 5	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free 3 of 5	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 of 5	04 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 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free None	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free None	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free None	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free None	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None
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 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free 37.5%	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free 34.5%	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free 460	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free 466	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free $4.50 10 lb bag, Petco	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free $6.02 3.5 lb bag, Chewy	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 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 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free $2.72	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- No price on file.	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Aloha Petites Lamb Luau Grain-Free Lamb, lamb meal, peas, lamb liver, lentils	02 Aloha Petites for Puppies Chicken, Peas & Lentils Luau Grain-Free Deboned chicken, chicken meal, peas, chicken liver, lentils	03 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen White fish (Pollock), Turkey neck, Turkey heart, Broccoli, Sweet potato

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.