Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove
• 04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Swap Remove	02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Swap Remove	04 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 21.1%	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 26.7%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% Best in this row
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 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 57% 51.0% as fed	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 42% 38.0% as fed	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 49% 44.0% as fed	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% as fed Best in this row
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 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 1 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 1 of 5	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice None	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley None	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 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 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 51.0%	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 38.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 44.0%	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice 363	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken 291	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 271	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Rice Chicken, Brewers Rice, Yellow Peas, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats	02 Hill’s Science Diet ght Small & Mini Chicken Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Pea Fiber, Corn Gluten Meal	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Light with Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Pea Fiber, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn	04 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal

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.