Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Wellness Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper Swap Remove
• 02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove

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

	01 Wellness Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper Swap Remove	02 Wellness Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 40.9% Best in this row	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 33.3%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1%	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0%
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 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 23% 1.0% as fed Best in this row	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 42% 38.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% as fed	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% 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 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 1 of 5	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 3 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 1 of 5	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper None	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice None	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper None	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice None	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper 1.0%	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 38.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 51.0%	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper --	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice 394	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 363	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393
First Five Ingredients	01 Ninety-Five Percent Whitefish Dog Food Mixer or Topper Whitefish, Water Sufficient For Processing, Natural Flavor, Carrageenan, Cassia Gum	02 Core Digestive Health Whitefish & Brown Rice Whitefish, Menhaden Fish Meal (source of Glucosamine), Herring Meal (source of Chondroitin Sulfate), Brown Rice, Oat Groats	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats	04 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes

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.