Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Pedigree High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Pedigree Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 30.7% Best in this row	02 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 23.9%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 44% 39.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 53% 47.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 60% 54.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% 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 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 0 of 5	02 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 0 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 1 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 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 5 BHA, BHT, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 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 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & 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 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 39.0%	02 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 47.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 54.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 316	02 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor 325	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 353	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371
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 Adult Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Whole Grain Corn, Meat and Bone Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (Preserved with BHA and Citric Acid), Whole Grain Wheat	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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, 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.