Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Eukanuba Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control Swap Remove
• 02 Eukanuba Adult Medium Breed Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove

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

	01 Eukanuba Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control Swap Remove	02 Eukanuba Adult Medium Breed Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control 32.2%	02 Adult Medium Breed 27.8%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3%	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% 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 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control 46% 41.1% as fed	02 Adult Medium Breed 44% 39.2% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row
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 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control 2 of 5	02 Adult Medium Breed 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control None	02 Adult Medium Breed None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control None	02 Adult Medium Breed None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control 41.1%	02 Adult Medium Breed 39.2%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control 320	02 Adult Medium Breed 383	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393
First Five Ingredients	01 Fit Body Small Breed Weight Control Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Wheat, Corn, Barley	02 Adult Medium Breed Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn, Wheat, Chicken Fat	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Pea Fiber, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes

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.