Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet i/d Dog Food — dry (with Chicken) review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

This is the dry form of i/d with chicken, the digestive care diet in Hill's Prescription Diet range. The dog it is meant for is an adult with a vet managing its digestion.

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The dry form of i/d with chicken, the digestive care diet in Hill's Prescription Diet range, meant to be fed on a vet's advice. We set out what the label declares and what the analysis works out at, with no judgement attached. The part that stands out is a prebiotic blend printed with its own figure.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An adult dog whose digestion a vet is managing
Owners who want the prebiotic blend spelled out: beet pulp, cranberries, citrus pulp, flaxseed and pecan shell
A practice working to a fat level held around 13.2% as fed
Dogs of any size, the feeding table running from 2.5kg to 40kg

Worth watching

Chicken, eggs and fish oil all named, while the leading meat entry names no animal
Maize appears twice, as the grain and as a protein meal

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, on a vet's advice. If your dog is kept clear of chicken or fish, raise it with the practice before the first bowl.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

CerealsFirst on the list; maize and broken rice are the ones named further down.
Meat and animal derivativeschicken 7%Chicken is the only animal named in the entry.
Eggs and egg derivativesA second animal input, named.
Vegetable protein extractsMaize protein meal is among them.
Oils and fatsAnimal fat, vegetable oil and fish oil, per the digestible list.
Derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, fruit, seeds
ActivBiome+ Digestion prebiotic blend4%Pecan shell, beet pulp, flaxseed, citrus pulp and cranberries, fibre aimed at the gut bacteria.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, each with a dose, and a natural antioxidant.

Chicken, eggs and fish oil are all in the recipe. A dog kept clear of any of them needs the vet's word first.

Named ingredients

Cereals, meat and animal derivatives (chicken 7%), eggs and egg derivatives, vegetable protein extracts, oils and fats, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, fruit, seeds. ActivBiome+ Digestion prebiotic blend (4%): Ground pecan shell, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries. Highly digestible ingredients: Maize, broken rice, dried eggs, maize protein meal, animal fat, vegetable oil, fish oil.

Against the range

One dry recipe, cereal led, with chicken a named 7% inside the meat entry. A prebiotic fibre blend makes up 4% of the food, and Hill's lists maize, broken rice, dried eggs, maize protein meal, animal fat, vegetable oil and fish oil as its highly digestible ingredients.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359.8 kcal/100g

Protein

23.4%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

5.6%

Dry weight

Protein

25.4%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

6.1%

Carbs

52.1%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

38.4%

Carbs

51.4%

Veg

Oils

3.2%

Other

Pricing & size