Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove
• 04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 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 Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove	03 TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Swap Remove	04 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove
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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 21.4%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 55% 49.2% as fed	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 40% 4.8% as fed Best in this row	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% 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 Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 1 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 0 of 5	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice None Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 4 None in the last 3 years	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based None Best in this row	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years
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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 49.2%	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 4.8%	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Brown Rice 400	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice 390	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based --	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice $3.00 30 lb bag, PetSmart	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
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	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice $1.78 Best in this row	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based -- No price on file.	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Chicken, brown rice, brewers rice, cracked pearled barley, chicken meal	03 Garden of Vegan Plant-Based Vegetable broth, chickpeas, potatoes, pea protein, carrots	04 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots

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.