Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Go! Solutions Skin + Coat Care Duck Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Go! Solutions Skin + Coat Care Duck Swap Remove	02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Skin + Coat Care Duck 24.4% Best in this row	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 22.2%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 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 Skin + Coat Care Duck 51% 46.0% as fed	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 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 Skin + Coat Care Duck 2 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Skin + Coat Care Duck None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Skin + Coat Care Duck None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 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 Skin + Coat Care Duck 46.0%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 48.5%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Skin + Coat Care Duck 438	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 363	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Skin + Coat Care Duck Duck Meal, Oatmeal, Whole Brown Rice, Whole Oats, De-boned Duck	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum	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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 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.