Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Royal Canin Small Indoor Adult Swap Remove
• 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 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 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Royal Canin Small Indoor Adult Swap Remove	03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 21.1%	02 Small Indoor Adult 21.1%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7%	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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 55% 49.5% as fed	02 Small Indoor Adult 55% 49.3% as fed Best in this row	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% as fed	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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5	02 Small Indoor Adult 2 of 5	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice None	02 Small Indoor Adult None	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None	04 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 4 None in the last 3 years	02 Small Indoor Adult None Best in this row	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years	04 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 49.5%	02 Small Indoor Adult 49.3%	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 389	02 Small Indoor Adult 354	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --	04 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice $3.00 30 lb bag, Chewy	02 Small Indoor Adult $8.00 2.5 lb bag, Amazon	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice $1.78 Best in this row	02 Small Indoor Adult $4.88	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Chicken, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Cracked Pearled Barley, Chicken Meal	02 Small Indoor Adult Brewers rice, chicken by-product meal, corn, brown rice, chicken fat	03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots	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.