Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Royal Canin Small Indoor Adult Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 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 Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove	02 Royal Canin Small Indoor Adult Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 21.1%	02 Small Indoor Adult 21.1%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% Best in this row	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0%
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 Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 55% 49.5% as fed	02 Small Indoor Adult 55% 49.3% as fed	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 40% 36.0% 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 Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5	02 Small Indoor Adult 2 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 2 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice None	02 Small Indoor Adult None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 4 None in the last 3 years	02 Small Indoor Adult None Best in this row	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 1 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 Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 49.5%	02 Small Indoor Adult 49.3%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 36.0%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 389	02 Small Indoor Adult 354	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 406
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice $3.00 30 lb bag, Chewy	02 Small Indoor Adult $8.00 2.5 lb bag, Amazon	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
Cost / 1,000 Kcal 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 Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice $1.78	02 Small Indoor Adult $4.88	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Chicken, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Cracked Pearled Barley, Chicken Meal	02 Small Indoor Adult Brewers rice, chicken by-product meal, corn, brown rice, chicken fat	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	04 PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free lamb, lamb meal, garbanzo beans, chickpea flour, dried plain beet pulp

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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.