The Comparison
Four Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 AvoDerm Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula Swap Remove
- 02 AvoDerm Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula Swap Remove
- 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
- 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
| 01 AvoDerm Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula Swap Remove | 02 AvoDerm Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula Swap Remove | 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove | 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula 33.3% Best in this row | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 31.1% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1% | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% |
| 02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, 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 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula 40% 36.0% as fed Best in this row | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 44% 40.0% as fed | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% as fed | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% as fed |
| 03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The 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 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula 2 of 5 | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 2 of 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5 | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5 |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula None | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None |
| 05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula None | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None |
| Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula 36.0% | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 40.0% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0% | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5% |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula 368 | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula 3,350 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363 | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376 |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula Chicken Meal, Peas, Chicken Cartilage (Source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine), Pea Flour, Garbanzo Beans | 02 Advanced Senior Health+ Grain-Free Lamb & Chicken Meal Formula Lamb Meal, Chicken Meal, Peas, Pea Flour, Tapioca Flour | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats | 04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal |
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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.
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