Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Go! Solutions Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck Swap Remove
• 02 Go! Solutions Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Go! Solutions Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck Swap Remove	02 Go! Solutions Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck 26.7%	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar 35.6% Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites 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 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck 48% 43.5% as fed	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar 36% 32.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites 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 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck 2 of 5	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar 4 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck None	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck None	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites 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 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck 43.5%	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar 32.5%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck 439	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar 453	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Duck De-boned Duck, Duck Meal, Peas, Lentils, Tapioca	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Lamb + Wild Boar De-boned Lamb, Lamb Meal, De-boned Salmon, Herring Meal, Lentils	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites 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.