Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Bil-Jac Large Breed Adult Swap Remove
• 02 Bil-Jac Small Breed Adult Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Bil-Jac Large Breed Adult Swap Remove	02 Bil-Jac Small Breed Adult Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Large Breed Adult 25.6%	02 Small Breed Adult 28.9% Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 22.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2%
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 Large Breed Adult 46% 41.0% as fed	02 Small Breed Adult 43% 39.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% 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 Large Breed Adult 3 of 5	02 Small Breed Adult 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Large Breed Adult 1 BHA	02 Small Breed Adult 1 BHA	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Large Breed Adult None	02 Small Breed Adult None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 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 Large Breed Adult 41.0%	02 Small Breed Adult 39.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 48.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Large Breed Adult 402	02 Small Breed Adult 406	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 363	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Large Breed Adult Chicken, Chicken By-Products (organs only, source of arginine), Corn Meal, Dried Beet Pulp, Chicken By-Product Meal (source of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate)	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 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum

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.