Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & 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 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 22.2%	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 22.2%
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 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 54% 49.0% 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 Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 1 of 5	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & 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 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 49.0%	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 391	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 380	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Oats	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum

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.