Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast Swap Remove
• 02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed 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 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast Swap Remove	02 Nature's Logic Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast 41.8% Best in this row	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast 39.6%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed 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 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast 30% 27.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast 32% 29.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 60% 54.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed 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 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast 2 of 5	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast 2 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast None	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast None	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed 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 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast 27.0%	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast 29.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 54.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast 375	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast 418	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 353	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271
First Five Ingredients	01 Nature’s Logic Canine Pork Meal Feast Pork Meal, Millet, Pork Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture	02 Nature’s Logic Canine Chicken Meal Feast Chicken Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed 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.