The Comparison
Three Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy Swap Remove
- 02 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy Swap Remove
- 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
| 01 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy Swap Remove | 02 Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy Swap Remove | 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy 27.8% Best in this row | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy 26.7% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2% | |
| 02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, 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 Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy 48% 43.0% as fed Best in this row | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy 48% 43.5% as fed | 03 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. The 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 Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy 2 of 5 | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy 2 of 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5 | |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy None | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None | |
| 05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy None | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None | |
| Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy 43.0% | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy 43.5% | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5% | |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy 395 | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy 385 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363 | |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Grain-Free Duck & Potato Dry Puppy Duck, Duck Meal, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Cassava Flour | 02 L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy Salmon, Menhaden Fish Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Rice Bran | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum |
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- Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% protein Add
- Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Add
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.
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