The Comparison
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Open Your Saved Comparison| 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Swap Remove | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2% | |||
| 02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, 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 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 60% 54.0% as fed | |||
| 03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The 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 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 1 of 5 | |||
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None | |||
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None | |||
| Starch, As Fed Estimated, 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 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 54.0% | |||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 353 | |||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn |
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From The Same Line
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 21.1% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini Chicken 23.3% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 22.2% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Small Bites Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 22.2% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 27.2% protein Swap In
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 26.7% protein Swap In
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.
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