Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken Swap Remove	02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken 23.3%	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 26.7%	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% Best in this row	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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken 52% 47.0% as fed	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 42% 38.0% as fed	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row	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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken 2 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 1 of 5	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken None	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken None	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken None	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken None	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken 47.0%	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 38.0%	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken 381	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 291	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small Bites Chicken Chicken, Brewers Rice, Chicken Meal, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Pea Fiber, Corn Gluten Meal	03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes	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.