Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Abound Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy Swap Remove
• 02 Abound Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy Swap Remove
• 03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
• 04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove

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

	01 Abound Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy Swap Remove	02 Abound Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy Swap Remove	03 Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove	04 OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy 44.4%	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy 44.4%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% Best in this row	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3%
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 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy 19% 0.0% as fed	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy 22% 0.0% as fed	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 12% 0.0% as fed	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0% 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 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy 4 of 5	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy 3 of 5	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 5 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy None	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy None	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy 2 None in the last 3 years	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy 2 None in the last 3 years	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen None Best in this row	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce 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 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy 0.0%	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy 0.0%	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy --	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy --	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen --	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen --
First Five Ingredients	01 Chicken, Peas & Sweet Potato in Gravy Chicken, chicken broth, water sufficient for processing, chicken liver, dried egg product	02 Beef, Carrot & Tomato in Gravy Beef, beef broth, water sufficient for processing, beef liver, carrots	03 Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen Chicken, Chicken Necks (bone in), Chicken Gizzards, Chicken Liver, Chicken Hearts	04 Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen Beef, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Tripe, Beef Liver, Beef Heart

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.