Hill's Prescription Diet

Hill's Prescription Diet z/d 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.

z/d is a wet diet built on hydrolysed protein, and Hill's lists it in the Prescription Diet range. The maker offers it for dogs being investigated or managed for food sensitivities.

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A wet diet from the Hill's Prescription Diet range, built on hydrolysed protein and fed on a vet's advice. Hill's offers it for dogs being investigated or managed for food sensitivities. The protein began as chicken liver, broken into far smaller fragments.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose vet has prescribed a hydrolysed diet for sensitivity work
A short protein list: chicken liver hydrolysate is the one source declared
Owners who like the fibre blend quantified, at 3.5% with its parts named
Adults of any size, as the range lists them

Worth watching

The protein began as chicken, which matters for a dog told to avoid chicken in every form
Carbohydrate at an estimated 52.8% of dry matter, where the maize starch shows up

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, fed under veterinary direction. The printed guide puts a 15kg dog on roughly 510 grams a day, close to a pack and a half.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesHill's names the protein underneath as chicken liver hydrolysate.
Derivatives of vegetable originMaize starch is the declared carbohydrate source.
Oils and fats
Minerals
Fruit, seeds
ActivBiome+ Digestion blend: ground pecan shell, flaxseed, dried beet pulp, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries3.5%Fibre entries chosen to feed the gut flora.

Iron at 32.9mg, iodine at 1.2mg, copper at 4.9mg, manganese at 3.6mg and zinc at 41.9mg, all printed.

The hydrolysed protein began as chicken liver.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats, minerals, fruit, seeds. Protein source: Chicken liver hydrolysate. Carbohydrate source: Maize starch. ActivBiome+ Digestion prebiotic blend (3.5%): Ground pecan shell, flaxseed, dried beet pulp, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries.

Against the range

A single wet veterinary diet with one declared protein source, chicken liver hydrolysate, and one carbohydrate source, maize starch. A prebiotic fibre blend makes up 3.5% of the pack, and the mineral additions are printed with doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

96.8 kcal/100g

Protein

5.2%

Fat

3.9%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

75.4%

Dry weight

Protein

21.1%

Fat

15.9%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

5.3%

Carbs

52.8%

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

45%

Added water

10.4%

Carbs

26.8%

Veg

3.2%

Oils

7.5%

Other

Pricing & size