Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	04 TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken 23.3%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5% Best in this row	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3%
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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken 52% 47.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 13% 0.0% as fed	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 16% 15.0% 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken 2 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 3 of 5	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 4 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken 4 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	04 Raw Turkey 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 49.5%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken 47.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 15.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 389	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken 380	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 231
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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken $3.00 30 lb bag, Hill's Pet Nutrition	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice $1.78	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken $1.77 Best in this row	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen -- No price on file.	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free -- 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken Chicken, Brewers Rice, Chicken Meal, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley	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	04 Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free Turkey, Turkey Heart, Turkey Liver, Herring Oil (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)

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.