Three Foods, One Method

• 01 Wellness Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Wellness Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal Swap Remove	02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal 31.1%	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 33.3%	03 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 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal 41% 37.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 42% 38.0% as fed	03 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 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal 2 of 5	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 3 of 5	03 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 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal None	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint 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 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal 37.0%	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 38.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal 408	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 394	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal $3.75 12 lb bag, Amazon	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice $3.54 22 lb bag, Amazon	03 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 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal $2.27	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice $2.14 Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal Deboned Turkey, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Oatmeal, Sorghum, Dried Yeast	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Whitefish, Whitefish Meal (source of Glucosamine), Herring Meal (source of Chondroitin Sulfate), Brown Rice, Oatmeal	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen White fish (Pollock), Turkey neck, Turkey heart, Broccoli, Sweet potato

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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.