Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Kibbles n Bits Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors Swap Remove
• 02 Kibbles n Bits Bacon & Steak Flavor Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 Bacon & Steak Flavor Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 Bacon & Steak Flavor 23.2%	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 52% 43.0% as fed	02 Bacon & Steak Flavor 55% 45.0% as fed	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% 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 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 1 of 5	02 Bacon & Steak Flavor 1 of 5	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 1 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 Bacon & Steak Flavor 5 BHA, Propylene glycol, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 Bacon & Steak Flavor None	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 43.0%	02 Bacon & Steak Flavor 45.0%	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Small Breed Mini Bits Savory Beef & Chicken Flavors 360	02 Bacon & Steak Flavor 365	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371
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 Bacon & Steak Flavor Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef And Bone Meal, Ground Wheat, Animal Fat (BHA Used As Preservative)	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, 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.