Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Canidae Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb Swap Remove
• 02 Canidae All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove

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

	01 Canidae Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb Swap Remove	02 Canidae All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb 27.8% Best in this row	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 25.6%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb 49% 44.0% as fed Best in this row	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 49% 44.5% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% 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 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb 1 of 5	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb None	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb None	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb 44.0%	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 44.5%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb 357	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula 457	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371
First Five Ingredients	01 Under The Sun Grain-Free Lamb Lamb Meal, Green Peas, Garbanzo Beans, Yellow Peas, Canola Oil	02 All Life Stages Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Cracked Pearled Barley, Rice Bran, Peas	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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, 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.