Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove	02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 27.2%	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% as fed	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 43% 39.0% as fed	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 1 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 39.0%	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice 434	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum	02 Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Chicken, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Oats, Cracked Pearled Barley, Chicken Meal	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal	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.