Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Kibbles n Bits Bacon & Steak Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Kibbles n Bits Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 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 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Kibbles n Bits Bacon & Steak Flavor Swap Remove	02 Kibbles n Bits Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 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 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Bacon & Steak Flavor 23.2%	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 25.6% 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 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 Bacon & Steak Flavor 55% 45.0% as fed	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 52% 43.0% 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 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 Bacon & Steak Flavor 1 of 5	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Bacon & Steak Flavor 5 BHA, Propylene glycol, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 5 BHA, Propylene glycol, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Bacon & Steak Flavor None	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 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 Bacon & Steak Flavor 45.0%	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 43.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Bacon & Steak Flavor 365	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor 412	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Bacon & Steak Flavor Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef And Bone Meal, Ground Wheat, Animal Fat (BHA Used As Preservative)	02 Bistro Small Breed Mini Bits Oven Roasted Beef Flavor Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef & Bone Meal, Ground Wheat, Wheat Middlings	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 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.