Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Go! Solutions Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey Swap Remove
• 02 Go! Solutions Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 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 Turkey Swap Remove	02 Go! Solutions Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey 28.9%	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior 35.6% Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1%
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 Turkey 44% 40.0% as fed	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior 37% 33.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% 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 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey 2 of 5	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior 5 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey None	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey None	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & 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 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey 40.0%	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior 33.5%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 51.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey 451	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior 394	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Sensitivities Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Turkey De-boned Turkey, Turkey Meal, Tapioca, Peas, Lentils	02 Carnivore Grain-Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Senior Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Salmon Meal, De-boned Chicken, De-boned Turkey	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats

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.