Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Wellness Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight Swap Remove
• 02 Wellness Complete Health Lamb & Barley Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Wellness Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight Swap Remove	02 Wellness Complete Health Lamb & Barley Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight 28.9% Best in this row	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 26.7%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3%
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 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight 49% 44.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% 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 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight 2 of 5	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight None	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight None	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & 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 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight 44.0%	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 44.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight 394	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley 417	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271
First Five Ingredients	01 Core Simple Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Healthy Weight Salmon, Salmon Meal, Potatoes, Peas, Dried Ground Potatoes	02 Complete Health Lamb & Barley Lamb, Lamb Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Barley, Menhaden Fish Meal	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Pea Fiber, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn

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.