Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-5 Large review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-5 Large
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

42.8/100Average

DryAdult

An Average grain-led kibble for big dogs in their prime, with maize and wheat ahead of the poultry. It earns its place on the joint side, pork cartilage and a crustacean shell hydrolysate both in the recipe, and the poultry percentages are printed in full.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large-breed adults between one and five, the window the bag names
Owners who want joint ingredients in the food itself
Dogs that thrive on poultry, at 15% in total
Big dogs with an active routine; energy runs to 368 kcal per 100g

Worth watching

Maize and wheat in the first two places, if wheat has upset your dog before
Animal fat and digest with no species named, plus shellfish from the glucosamine source
Low fibre at 1.7% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

42.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large adults aged one to five. This is not a lean recipe, so measure portions in a quiet week; the label's chart reaches 640 grams a day for an 80kg dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-5 Large 42.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Grain in the first two places costs it far more than anything in the analysis does.

What's in it

MaizeDigestible once cooked.
WheatThe grain an intolerance story usually comes back to.
Chicken and turkey meal10% chicken, 15% poultryA dried meal, so the share survives into the kibble.
Animal fatNo animal named.
Broken rice
DigestThe palatant, species unstated.
Maize protein meal, soybean mealPlant protein on top of the grain.
Vegetable oil, dried beet pulp, minerals, flaxseedThe oil names no plant.
Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides (ActivBiome+)0.6%Prebiotic fibres for the gut's own bacteria.
Pork cartilage, crustacean shell hydrolysateChondroitin and glucosamine sources, with no dose printed for either.

Zinc, iron, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium dosed per kilo in print, with a natural antioxidant.

The glucosamine comes from crustacean shell, so this is not shellfish free.

Named ingredients

Maize, wheat, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 10%; total poultry 15%), animal fat, broken rice, digest, maize protein meal, soybean meal, vegetable oil, dried beet pulp, minerals, flaxseed, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides, pork cartilage (source of chondroitin sulphate), crustacean shell hydrolysate (source of glucosamine). ActivBiome+ Multi Benefit prebiotic blend (0.6%): Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368.2 kcal/100g

Protein

23.2%

Fat

14.4%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

5.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25.2%

Fat

15.7%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

5.7%

Carbs

51.7%

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

20.2%

Carbs

72.7%

Oils

5.7%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size