Two Foods, One Method

• 01 Hill's Hill’s Science Diet Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot Swap Remove
• 02 Hill's Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée Swap Remove

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

	01 Hill's Hill’s Science Diet Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot Swap Remove	02 Hill's Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée 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 Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot 26.5% Best in this row	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée 18.2%
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 Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot 51% 11.8% as fed Best in this row	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée 55% 8.0% 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 Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot 3 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot None Best in this row	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée 1 Menadione
05 Brand Recall History Level Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot 4 None in the last 3 years	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée 4 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 Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot 11.8%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée 8.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot --	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Hill’s Science Diet Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot $7.40 5 lb bag, Petco	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée -- 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 Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot -- No calorie figure on file.	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Science Diet Single Protein Adult Single Protein Beef & Carrot Beef, Water, Beef Lung, Tapioca Starch, Beef Liver	02 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Salmon & Vegetable Entrée Chicken Broth, Salmon, Carrots, Turkey, Potatoes

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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.