Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet i/d Stress Mini Stew for Dogs 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.

The Prescription Diet range includes i/d Stress Mini Stew, a small dog portion of chunks in gravy. Hill's offers it for digestive upsets it associates with stress.

WetAdult

A small-dog portion of chunks in gravy from Hill's Prescription Diet range, offered for digestive upsets Hill's links with stress. We do not score it. Fat is low and carbohydrate high, the usual shape of a gentle stew of this type.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A small dog whose vet has prescribed it for a stress-related digestive upset
Low fat, at 8.8% of dry matter
A prebiotic blend declared at 1.2%, led by ground pecan shell and flaxseed
A declared calcium figure, at 0.88% of dry matter

Worth watching

Pork listed ahead of chicken, though the pack names chicken as the meat
Egg and dairy in the recipe too

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs, fed on a vet's advice. The feeding guide runs from 93 grams a day at 1kg to 490 grams at 15kg; the vet who prescribed it sets your dog's amount.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (chicken 3%)3%Category wording. The second list puts pork ahead of chicken.
Cereals, various sugarsThe sauce, written into the recipe early.
Derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals
Vegetables0.9%
Eggs and egg derivativesEgg is in the recipe.
Oils and fats, seeds, fruit
Milk and milk derivativesDairy closes the list.
Highly digestible ingredients: pork, chicken, rice, dried eggs, vegetable oilThe only place the real names appear.
ActivBiome+ prebiotic blend: pecan shell, flaxseed, beet pulp, citrus pulp, cranberries1.2%Fibre to feed gut bacteria.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, all dosed, plus potassium alginate, a seaweed gel that gives the gravy its body.

Pork comes ahead of chicken in the named list, so a good part of the meat is likely pork.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (chicken 3%), cereals, various sugars, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, vegetables (0.9%), eggs and egg derivatives, oils and fats, seeds, fruit, milk and milk derivatives. Highly digestible ingredients: Pork, chicken, rice, dried eggs, vegetable oil. ActivBiome+ prebiotic blend (1.2%): Ground pecan shell, flaxseed, dried beet pulp, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries.

Against the range

One recipe: chunks in a gel-set gravy, written with category names first and the actual ingredients in a second list of pork, chicken, rice, dried eggs and vegetable oil, plus a declared prebiotic blend.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

78.7 kcal/100g

Protein

5.1%

Fat

1.9%

Fibre

0.39%

Ash

1.4%

Moisture

78.4%

Dry weight

Protein

23.6%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

59.3%

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

38.8%

Added water

13.4%

Carbs

41.7%

Veg

1.3%

Oils

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size