Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Acana Highest Protein Meadowland Swap Remove
• 02 Acana Puppy Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Swap Remove

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

	01 Acana Highest Protein Meadowland Swap Remove	02 Acana Puppy Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland 37.5% Best in this row	02 Puppy 35.2%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1%
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 Highest Protein Meadowland 30% 26.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Puppy 31% 27.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% 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 Highest Protein Meadowland 5 of 5	02 Puppy 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland None	02 Puppy None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland None	02 Puppy None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & 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 Highest Protein Meadowland 26.0%	02 Puppy 27.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 51.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Highest Protein Meadowland 392	02 Puppy 408	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Highest Protein Meadowland Deboned chicken, deboned turkey, chicken liver, turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard), chicken meal	02 Puppy Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, whole green peas, whole red lentils	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats

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.