Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Royal Canin Small Dental Care Swap Remove

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

	01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Royal Canin Small Dental Care Swap Remove	+ Add A Food	+ Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 22.9%	02 Small Dental Care 23.3% 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 Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 51% 46.0% as fed	02 Small Dental Care 50% 45.0% 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 Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 1 of 5	02 Small Dental Care 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 1 Menadione	02 Small Dental Care None Best in this row
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 4 None in the last 3 years	02 Small Dental Care None Best in this row
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 Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 46.0%	02 Small Dental Care 45.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 400	02 Small Dental Care 266
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice $3.12 24 lb bag, PetSmart	02 Small Dental Care $3.53 17 lb bag, royalcaninusainc.com
Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice $1.81 Best in this row	02 Small Dental Care $2.11
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice Salmon, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Cracked Pearled Barley, Corn Protein Meal	02 Small Dental Care Corn flour, chicken by-product meal, brewers rice, chicken fat, natural flavors

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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.