Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Kibbles n Bits Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors Swap Remove
• 02 Kibbles n Bits Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove

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

	01 Kibbles n Bits Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors Swap Remove	02 Kibbles n Bits Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 25.6%	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 23.2%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% Best in this row
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 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 52% 43.0% as fed	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 55% 45.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% as fed Best in this row
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 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 1 of 5	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 4 BHA, Propylene glycol, Red 40, Yellow 5	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 4 BHA, Propylene glycol, Red 40, Yellow 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None Best in this row	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors None	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 43.0%	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 45.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 360	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 375	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 370	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376
First Five Ingredients	01 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef & Bone Meal, Ground Wheat, Animal Fat (Bha Used As Preservative)	02 Original Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef & Bone Meal, Whole Wheat, Animal Fat (Bha Used As Preservative)	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 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal

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.