Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Pedigree High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Pedigree Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove

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

	01 Pedigree High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor Swap Remove	02 Pedigree Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 30.7%	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 23.9%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 22.2%	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% Best in this row
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 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 44% 39.0% as fed	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 53% 47.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% as fed	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row
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 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 0 of 5	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 0 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 1 of 5	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None Best in this row	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor None	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 39.0%	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 47.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 48.5%	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 316	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor 318	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 363	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393
First Five Ingredients	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium), Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [preserved with Bha & Citric Acid]), Soybean Meal	02 Tender Bites Chicken & Steak Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium), Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids) [preserved with Bha And Citric Acid]), Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes

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.