Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet i/d Stress Mini Dog Food 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.

i/d Stress Mini is a small bite kibble built around chicken and Hill's own ActivBiome+ blend, sold in the Prescription Diet range. Hill's puts it forward for little dogs whose digestive upsets it links to stress.

DryAdult

A veterinary diet for small dogs, so it carries no score from us. Hill's links the digestive upsets it is aimed at to stress. Fat is held low at 8.8% of dry matter, with starch carrying the energy, which is how a digestive kibble of this kind is built.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs fed on a vet's advice for digestive upsets
A low-fat build, at 8.8% of dry matter
Prebiotic fibre declared as a blend at 7.5%, from beet pulp, flaxseed, pecan shell, citrus and cranberry

Worth watching

Chicken, turkey, fish and dairy on the label, with category entries that could carry more
No moisture declared, so the dry-matter figures assume a standard 8%

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. The bag's guide gives 110 grams at 5kg and 190 grams at 10kg, and on a prescription food the vet sets the amount.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

CerealsBroken rice, per the second list.
Meat and animal derivativesChicken written in at 9%. Chicken and turkey meal in the second list.
Vegetable protein extractsMaize gluten meal, per the second list.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Oils and fatsFish oil declared at 0.5%, with animal fat.
Seeds, minerals
VegetablesGinger named at 1%.
Fruit
Milk and milk derivativesMilk protein hydrolysate at 0.1%, a token inclusion. Dairy on the label.
ActivBiome+ prebiotic blend7.5%Dried beet pulp, flaxseed, ground pecan shell, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries.

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

Four animal sources: chicken, turkey, fish and dairy.

Named ingredients

Cereals, meat and animal derivatives (chicken 9%), vegetable protein extracts, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats (fish oil 0.5%), seeds, minerals, vegetables (ginger 1%), fruit, milk and milk derivatives (milk protein hydrolysate 0.1%). Highly digestible ingredients: Broken rice, chicken and turkey meal, maize gluten meal, animal fat, fish oil. ActivBiome+ prebiotic blend (7.5%): Dried beet pulp, flaxseed, ground pecan shell, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries.

Against the range

A small-bite kibble built around chicken and Hill's ActivBiome+ prebiotic blend at 7.5%. The main list is written in categories; a second list names broken rice, chicken and turkey meal, maize gluten meal, animal fat and fish oil as the highly digestible ingredients.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

334.5 kcal/100g

Protein

23.9%

Fat

8.1%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

5.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

Carbs

56.8%

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

23.3%

Carbs

60.7%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

10.7%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size