Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Pedigree High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5%
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 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% as fed	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% 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 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None Best in this row	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor 316	02 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376
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 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal

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.