Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-6 Light Medium review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-6 Light Medium
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

57/100Good

DryAdult

A Good weight control kibble that, unusually for a light recipe, opens with the meat. Energy is held to 313 kcal per 100g and carbohydrate to 41.9% of dry matter, with cellulose doing much of the filling. For a medium dog carrying a bit too much, it is a sensible everyday bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed adults from one to six years
Weight plans: 313 kcal per 100g against 357 for a typical adult dry food
Owners who like the bird counted, chicken at 12% inside 19% total poultry
Dogs that clear the bowl and go looking for more. Crude fibre is 12.4%

Worth watching

Maize second and wheat fourth on the list
Fibre at 13.5% of dry matter, largely cellulose, means bulk and stool volume
Unnamed animal fat and digest, so no use for ruling a protein in or out

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

How this scores

How we score

57/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium breed adults. The maker's chart asks about 240 grams a day for a 15kg dog and 405 grams at 30kg; restraint is the point.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-6 Light Medium 57.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is tidy for a light diet; the ingredient list is what holds the reading down.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey meal19%, chicken 12%Dried and ground, so protein, not water.
MaizeDigestible once cooked.
Pea bran mealThe fibrous outer layer of the pea.
WheatThe grain with the most intolerance history.
Maize protein mealMore plant protein.
DigestA palatant, with no animal named.
Cellulose, dried beet pulpCellulose fills a dog up for almost no calories.
Animal fat, vegetable oilThe fat is unnamed.
Minerals, flaxseedFlaxseed for plant omega 3.
ActivBiome+ blend: oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides0.6%Prebiotics for the gut's resident bacteria.

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

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 12%; total poultry 19%), maize, pea bran meal, wheat, maize protein meal, digest, cellulose, dried beet pulp, animal fat, vegetable oil, minerals, flaxseed, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides. ActivBiome+ Multi Benefit prebiotic blend (0.6%): Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides.

Against the range

One weight control kibble for medium adults. Chicken and turkey meal leads, with chicken at 12% inside 19% total poultry, then maize, pea bran meal and wheat. Cellulose and pea bran push crude fibre to 12.4%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

312.8 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

10.7%

Fibre

12.4%

Ash

5.3%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

11.6%

Fibre

13.5%

Ash

5.8%

Carbs

41.9%

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

40%

Carbs

57.2%

Oils

0.9%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size