Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Early Stage 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.

k/d Early Stage is the Prescription Diet kidney food for dogs at the early part of a renal diagnosis. It is built around a held-back protein level and Hill's own prebiotic blend.

DryAdult

The Prescription Diet kidney food for dogs at the early part of a renal diagnosis, fed on a vet's advice, so we put no score on it. It is built around a held-back protein level, with egg and pea protein doing the protein work and fat carrying the energy. Hill's own prebiotic blend is declared at 1.1%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose vet has diagnosed early-stage kidney disease and recommended this food
A reduced protein plan, with protein declared at 17.4%
Owners who want the protein sources named: dried whole eggs and pea protein
A trace element panel printed with doses attached

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives with no species named
Fish oil at 1.8% and egg high on the list, both to account for on an exclusion plan

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, from 30 grams a day at 1kg to 545 grams at 50kg. Starting, staying on or leaving this food is a decision for the vet holding your dog's results.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

CerealsUnnamed grain leads.
Eggs and egg derivativesUnusually high for a kibble; Hill's names dried whole eggs as a protein source.
Oils and fats (fish oil)1.8%Fish oil is printed; the rest of the fat is not named.
Vegetable protein extractsPea protein, by Hill's own list of protein sources.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Meat and animal derivativesNothing named inside it, so no land animal is identified anywhere.
Minerals, seeds
ActivBiome+ Kidney Defense: betaine, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides1.1%Hill's prebiotic blend. Betaine is also dosed in the additive panel.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, each with a printed dose, plus betaine at 5.0g and a natural antioxidant.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Cereals, eggs and egg derivatives, oils and fats (fish oil 1.8%), vegetable protein extracts, derivatives of vegetable origin, meat and animal derivatives, minerals, seeds. Protein sources: Dried whole eggs, pea protein. ActivBiome+ Kidney Defense prebiotic blend (1.1%): Betaine, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

386.6 kcal/100g

Protein

17.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

4.5%

Dry weight

Protein

18.9%

Fat

18.9%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

4.9%

Carbs

55.7%

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

32.6%

Carbs

57.4%

Oils

8.2%

Other

1.9%

Pricing & size