Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Eukanuba Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise Swap Remove
• 02 Eukanuba Adult Large Breed Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Eukanuba Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise Swap Remove	02 Eukanuba Adult Large Breed Chicken Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise 28.9% Best in this row	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken 25.6%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3%
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 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise 42% 38.1% as fed Best in this row	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken 49% 44.1% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% 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 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise 2 of 5	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken 2 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise None	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise None	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & 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 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise 38.1%	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken 44.1%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise 355	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken 331	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 370	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271
First Five Ingredients	01 Premium Performance 26/16 Exercise Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn, Brewers Rice, Chicken Fat, Wheat Gluten	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken Chicken, Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Wheat, Ground Grain Sorghum	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat	04 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

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.