Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein Swap Remove
• 02 Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove

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

	01 Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein Swap Remove	02 Royal Canin>Royal Canin Veterinary Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein 13.3%	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie 19.4%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 22.2% 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 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein 57% 51.2% as fed	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie 50% 46.8% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 60% 54.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 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 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein 1 of 5	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie 1 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein None	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein None	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 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 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein 51.2%	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie 46.8%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 54.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein 385	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie 272	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 353	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Royal Canin Veterinary Multifunction Renal Support + Hydrolyzed Protein Brewers rice, chicken fat, hydrolyzed soy protein, dried chicory root, natural flavors	02 Royal Canin Veterinary Urinary SO Moderate Calorie Corn, brewers rice, brown rice, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Chicken Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 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.