Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet j/d Wet Dog Food 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.

The wet j/d is Hill's Prescription Diet joint recipe, built on chicken with molluscs and crustaceans on the list. Hill's directs it at dogs whose mobility is being managed under veterinary supervision.

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Hill's j/d in a tin is the Prescription Diet joint recipe, built on chicken and aimed at dogs whose mobility is being managed under veterinary supervision. We do not put a score on it. Molluscs and crustaceans close the list, the usual source of glucosamine in pet food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs whose vet has recommended a joint diet
Dogs that eat better from a tin, at 91 kcal per 100g
Owners who want the trace minerals dosed, with zinc at 46.4mg and iron at 18.0mg printed
Any size, from a 1kg dog to a 50kg one on the label's guide

Worth watching

Shellfish at the end of the list with no figure attached, easy to read past
Cereals, seeds and fats named only by heading, so no strict avoidance plan can be cleared from the label

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The daily amount is normally settled at the practice, so confirm the portion with your vet before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesChicken declared at 8% inside it, the only percentage on the list and the only species named.
CerealsA heading, not a named grain.
Seeds
Oils and fatsNo source given.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Minerals
Molluscs and crustaceansShellfish, unremarkable in a joint recipe, but anyone keeping shellfish out of the bowl needs to know.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc each printed with a dose; no selenium figure appears.

Calcium works out at 0.7% of dry matter. The recipe is built to the targets Hill's sets for the condition, so take questions about it to your vet.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (chicken 8%), cereals, seeds, oils and fats, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, molluscs and crustaceans.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

91.2 kcal/100g

Protein

5.8%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

71.6%

Dry weight

Protein

20.4%

Fat

19.4%

Fibre

4.6%

Ash

5.3%

Carbs

50.3%

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

44.9%

Added water

6.6%

Carbs

32.8%

Oils

4.9%

Other

10.9%

Pricing & size