Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast Swap Remove
• 02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast Swap Remove	02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast 35.2%	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast 37.4% Best in this row	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites 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 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast 36% 33.0% as fed	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast 34% 31.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites 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 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast 2 of 5	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast 2 of 5	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast None	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast None	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast None	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast None	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites 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 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast 33.0%	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast 31.0%	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast 394	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast 375	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Lamb Meal Feast Lamb Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast Beef Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture	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 1-6 Small Bites 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.