Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Evanger's Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird Swap Remove
• 02 Evanger's Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 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 Evanger's Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird Swap Remove	02 Evanger's Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird 26.7%	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 33.3% Best in this row	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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird 47% 42.5% as fed	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 42% 38.0% as fed Best in this row	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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird 2 of 5	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird None	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird None	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird 42.5%	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 38.0%	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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird 401	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato 395	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 Evanger’s Super Premium Game Bird Duck Meal, Turkey Meal, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Whole Green Lentils, Brown Rice	02 Evanger’s Grain-Free Whitefish and Sweet Potato Whitefish Meal, Sweet Potato, Lentils, Peas, Buffalo Meal	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.