Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy Swap Remove
• 02 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy Swap Remove	02 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 26.7% Best in this row	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison 22.2%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2%	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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 49% 44.0% as fed Best in this row	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison 56% 50.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 2 of 5	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy None	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy None	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 44.0%	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison 50.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy 370	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison 375	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363
First Five Ingredients	01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Rice Bran	02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison Sweet Potatoes, Bison, Potato Protein, Pea Protein, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum	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.