Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Acana Highest Protein Meadowland Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken 26.7%	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5%
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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken 43% 39.0% as fed	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% 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. 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken 1 of 5	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken None	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Highest Protein Meadowland None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken None	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken 39.0%	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Highest Protein Meadowland 392	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken 289	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376
First Five Ingredients	01 Highest Protein Meadowland Deboned chicken, deboned turkey, chicken liver, turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard), chicken meal	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Large Breed Chicken Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Pea Fiber, Corn Gluten Meal	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal

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.