Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Hill's>Prescription Diet Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor Swap Remove
• 02 Hill's>Prescription Diet Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor Swap Remove
• 03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.

	01 Hill's>Prescription Diet Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor Swap Remove	02 Hill's>Prescription Diet Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor Swap Remove	03 Castor & Pollux Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor -- Not enough data on file.	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor -- Not enough data on file.	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 31.5% Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%
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 Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor -- Needs protein, fat, fiber and moisture.	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor -- Needs protein, fat, fiber and moisture.	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 41% 36.5% as fed Best in this row	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% 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 Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor 1 of 5	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor 2 of 5	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 3 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor None	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor None	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor None	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 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 Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor --	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor --	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 36.5%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor 245	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor 496	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 376	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 370
Measures On File	01 Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor 3 of 5	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor 3 of 5	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal 5 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 5 of 5
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction Chicken Flavor Whole Grain Corn, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Powdered Cellulose, Soybean Meal	02 Hill’s Prescription Diet k/d + Mobility Kidney + Joint Care Chicken Flavor Brewers Rice, Flaxseed, Pork Fat, Egg Product, Dried Beet Pulp	03 Pristine Wild-Caught Salmon & Oatmeal Salmon, Whitefish Meal, Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Lamb Meal	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat

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.