Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Iams Puppy Large Breed Swap Remove
• 02 Iams Adult Large Breed Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove

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

	01 Iams Puppy Large Breed Swap Remove	02 Iams Adult Large Breed Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Puppy Large Breed 30.0% Best in this row	02 Adult Large Breed 25.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini 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 Puppy Large Breed 43% 39.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Adult Large Breed 49% 44.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini 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 Puppy Large Breed 2 of 5	02 Adult Large Breed 2 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Puppy Large Breed None	02 Adult Large Breed None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Puppy Large Breed None	02 Adult Large Breed None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini 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 Puppy Large Breed 39.0%	02 Adult Large Breed 44.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Puppy Large Breed 375	02 Adult Large Breed 353	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 370	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Puppy Large Breed Chicken, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Corn Gluten Meal	02 Adult Large Breed Chicken, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine)	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini 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.