Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care Wet Dog Food Original Can 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 Kidney Care is a canned kidney diet from the Prescription Diet range, built on pork liver and Hill's prebiotic blend. Hill's means it for dogs whose kidney disease their vet is managing.

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Hill's k/d Kidney Care is a canned kidney diet built on pork liver, sold for dogs whose kidney disease a vet is managing. We do not put a score on it. Protein is pulled back to 15.7% of dry matter while fat carries the energy, which is the shape a renal recipe is given on purpose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs whose vet is managing kidney disease and has recommended this tin
A dog that eats better from a can, at 121 kcal per 100g so a smaller serving delivers the calories
Owners who want each trace element printed with its own figure
A prebiotic blend declared at 0.33%

Worth watching

Category headings for nearly every ingredient, with pork liver the only one tied to a species
Various sugars on the list, there for texture and appeal at the bowl
Portion and how long the dog stays on it are the vet's call

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Kidney work is followed on blood results, so check with the vet who ordered those tests before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA category heading. Pork liver is named underneath as the protein source.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Oils and fatsCarry the energy while protein is held back.
Various sugarsAny added sugar. In a therapeutic can it is there to keep a dog eating.
Minerals
Betaine, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides0.33%The ActivBiome+ Kidney Defense prebiotic blend. Betaine reappears among the additives at 1.4g.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc each with a printed figure, zinc highest at 41.4mg, plus betaine at 1.4g.

Calcium converts to 0.75% of dry matter. Fed to the guide, a 15 kg dog takes about one and a third of the larger cans a day.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats, various sugars, minerals. Protein source: Pork liver. ActivBiome+ Kidney Defense prebiotic blend (0.33%): Betaine, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

121.3 kcal/100g

Protein

4.2%

Fat

6.8%

Fibre

0.47%

Ash

1.4%

Moisture

73.2%

Dry weight

Protein

15.7%

Fat

25.4%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

5.2%

Carbs

51.9%

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

42.6%

Added water

8.2%

Carbs

40%

Oils

7.6%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size