Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Solid Gold Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Solid Gold Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean 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 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove

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

	01 Solid Gold Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper Swap Remove	02 Solid Gold Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean 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 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 62.5% Best in this row	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean 28.9%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%
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 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 0% 0.0% as fed	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean 46% 41.5% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 60% 54.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% 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 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 2 of 5	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean 2 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper None	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper None	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown 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 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper 0.0%	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean 41.5%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 54.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper --	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean 320	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 353	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 370
First Five Ingredients	01 Bone Broth Stew with Beef & Hearty Vegetables Dog Food Topper Beef Bone Broth, Beef, Tapioca Starch, Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes	02 Fit and Fabulous Weight Control Chicken, Sweet Potato & Green Bean Chicken, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Pea Fiber, Potatoes	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 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat

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.