The Comparison
Three Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
- 02 Blue Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove
- 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove
| 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove | 02 Blue Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Swap Remove | 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Swap Remove | + 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 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 28.9% | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 36.0% Best in this row | |
| 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 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 42% 38.0% as fed | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 35% 31.5% as fed Best in this row | |
| 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 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5 | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 2 of 5 | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 3 of 5 | |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice None | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None | |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None Best in this row | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 5 4 in the last 3 years | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato None Best in this row | |
| 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 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0% | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 38.0% | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 31.5% | |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 370 | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice 386 | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato 393 | |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat | 02 Life Protection Formula Puppy Large Breed Chicken and Brown Rice Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Barley | 03 Pristine Grain-Free Grass-Fed Beef & Sweet Potato Beef, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Potatoes |
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- Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 22.2% protein Add
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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