Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Swap Remove
• 03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove
• 04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Swap Remove	03 K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free Swap Remove	04 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 22.9%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% Best in this row	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%
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 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 54% 48.7% as fed	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 9% 8.5% as fed Best in this row	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% 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 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 2 of 5	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 1 of 5	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 5 of 5	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 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 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats None	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 4 None in the last 3 years	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free None Best in this row	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 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 Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 49.5%	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 48.7%	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free 8.5%	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bites No Corn, Wheat, Soy Chicken & Brown Rice 389	02 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats 368	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free --	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
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 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats $4.14 22 lb bag, Amazon	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free $37.50 8 lb bag, Chewy	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy
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 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats $2.53	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free -- No calorie figure on file.	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
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 Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Digestion Large Breed Chicken, Brown Rice & Whole Oats Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Oats	03 Lamb Feast Grain-Free Lamb, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Lung, Lamb Liver	04 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring

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.