Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Pedigree Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 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 Pedigree Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor Swap Remove	02 Pedigree Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 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 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor 23.9% Best in this row	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 23.9% Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1%	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 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor 52% 46.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 52% 46.0% 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 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 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor 1 of 5	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 4 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor None	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 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 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor 46.0%	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 46.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor 335	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor 342	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken & Steak Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate), Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids) [preserved with Bha/citric Acid], Soybean Meal	02 Small Dog Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate) Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (Source Of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [preserved with Bha/citric Acid]), Meat And Bone Meal (Source Of Calcium) Soybean Meal, Ground Whole Grain Wheat	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 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.