Four Foods, One Method

• 01 AvoDerm Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula Swap Remove
• 02 AvoDerm Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove

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

	01 AvoDerm Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula Swap Remove	02 AvoDerm Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula 28.9%	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 28.9%	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%
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 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula 42% 38.0% as fed	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 38% 34.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% 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 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula 2 of 5	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 2 of 5	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula None	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula None	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None
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 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula 38.0%	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 34.5%	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula 420	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula 446	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 370
First Five Ingredients	01 Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Lamb & Sweet Potato Formula Lamb, Lamb Meal, Peas, Garbanzo Beans, Pea Flour	02 Advanced Sensitive Support Grain-Free Duck Formula Duck, Duck Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, Pea Flour	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat

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.