Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic + Mobility 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.

Metabolic plus Mobility comes from the Hill's Prescription Diet range, and the maker markets the kibble as doing two jobs at once. Weight management sits alongside joint support, for dogs whose vet is dealing with both at the same time.

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A Hill's Prescription Diet kibble marketed to do two jobs at once, weight management and joint support, for dogs whose vet is dealing with both. It is fed on a vet's advice, so it carries no score from us. High fibre with restrained energy is how a diet aimed at bodyweight is built.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose vet is managing weight and joints together
Fish oil printed at 2.3%, the joint side of the pitch
High fibre: 14.2% crude fibre as fed
Restrained energy at 315 kcal per 100g

Worth watching

Chicken, fish and shellfish all in the same bowl
A label written in categories, so most ingredients are not named

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The daily amount is set against the weight your dog is aiming at, so ask the vet running the plan for it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

CerealsNo grain named.
Derivatives of vegetable origin, vegetable protein extracts
Meat and animal derivativeschicken 6%Only the chicken is named inside the category.
Seeds, vegetables
Oils and fatsfish oil 2.3%Fish oil pulled out and printed for the joint side.
Minerals
Molluscs and crustaceansIn the trade, shellfish shell is the usual glucosamine source. Not described further.

A dosed mineral panel: iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, finished with a natural antioxidant.

Shellfish and fish are both in the recipe.

Named ingredients

Cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, vegetable protein extracts, meat and animal derivatives (chicken 6%), seeds, vegetables, oils and fats (fish oil 2.3%), minerals, molluscs and crustaceans.

Against the range

A single category-listed kibble: cereals, vegetable derivatives and vegetable protein extracts come first, then meat and animal derivatives with chicken at 6%. Fish oil is printed at 2.3%, and molluscs and crustaceans close the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315.2 kcal/100g

Protein

26.1%

Fat

12.6%

Fibre

14.2%

Ash

5.2%

Dry weight

Protein

28.4%

Fat

13.7%

Fibre

15.4%

Ash

5.7%

Carbs

36.8%

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

10.6%

Carbs

80.2%

Veg

2.7%

Oils

1.5%

Other

Pricing & size