Four Foods, One Method

• 01 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 02 NutriSource Small & Medium Breed Puppy Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove

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

	01 NutriSource Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Swap Remove	02 NutriSource Small & Medium Breed Puppy Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 25.6%	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 35.6% Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0%
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 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 29% 26.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 38% 33.0% 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 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 1 of 5	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file.
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley None	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy -- No ingredient list on file.
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley None	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 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 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 44.0%	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 26.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy 33.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley 401	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy 535	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 391	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy --
First Five Ingredients	01 Choice Turkey Meal & Barley Turkey Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Oatmeal, Barley, Brown Rice	02 Small & Medium Breed Puppy Chicken Meal, Chicken, Brown Rice, Menhaden Fish Meal (A Source Of Fish Oil), Oatmeal	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat	04 Stella & Chewy’s Raw Coated Wholesome Grains Chicken Pumpkin & Quinoa Puppy --

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.