Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Blue Seal Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 02 Blue Seal Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley 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 Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Blue Seal Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove	02 Blue Seal Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley 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 Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 31.5% Best in this row	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley 29.2%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3%
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 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 37% 33.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley 43% 38.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% 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 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 2 of 5	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley 2 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley None	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley None	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & 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 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 33.0%	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley 38.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 400	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley 370	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271
First Five Ingredients	01 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Ground Corn, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Corn Gluten Meal	02 Entrust Adult Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Ground Corn, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Corn Gluten Meal	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 Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Pea Fiber, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn

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.