Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Bil-Jac Picky No More Medium Breed Swap Remove
• 02 Bil-Jac Small Breed Adult Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 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 Bil-Jac Picky No More Medium Breed Swap Remove	02 Bil-Jac Small Breed Adult Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 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 Picky No More Medium Breed 30.0%	02 Small Breed Adult 28.9%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% Best in this row
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 Picky No More Medium Breed 39% 35.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Small Breed Adult 43% 39.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% 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 Picky No More Medium Breed 3 of 5	02 Small Breed Adult 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Picky No More Medium Breed 1 BHA	02 Small Breed Adult 1 BHA	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None Best in this row	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Picky No More Medium Breed None	02 Small Breed Adult None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 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 Picky No More Medium Breed 35.0%	02 Small Breed Adult 39.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Picky No More Medium Breed 412	02 Small Breed Adult 406	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376
First Five Ingredients	01 Picky No More Medium Breed Chicken, Chicken By-Products (source of leucine and arginine), Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Dried Beet Pulp	02 Small Breed Adult Chicken, Chicken By-Products (organs only, source of arginine), Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Dried Beet Pulp	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum	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.