Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-6 Small & Mini with Chicken review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-6 Small & Mini with Chicken
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

57.1/100Good

DryAdult

A Good small-bite kibble and the one recipe in this corner of the Hill's range that puts its meat first: chicken and turkey meal, 13% chicken inside 21% poultry. Maize, wheat and broken rice follow. A dosed prebiotic blend and a mineral panel to the milligram sit behind them.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and mini adults, on a kibble sized for a little jaw
Owners who like the meat first and named
Fussy small eaters. Digest is there to make the kibble worth finishing
A mineral panel with a figure beside every entry, zinc at 132 mg per kilo down to selenium

Worth watching

Maize and wheat straight after the meat, worth a thought if wheat has ever been a suspect
Animal fat and digest name no source, so it is not chicken and turkey alone
Estimated carbohydrate at 52.9% of dry matter, against 46.2% for a typical adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

57.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and mini adults. For a dog under 10kg the table on the bag is the better starting point, and the waistline better still.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-6 Small & Mini with Chicken 57.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Sensible on the page and predictable in the bowl, though the label does not chase the large named meat share our scale rewards hardest.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey meal21% poultry, 13% chickenWater out before mixing, so the figure is close to what ends up in the kibble.
Maize, wheat, broken riceMost of the binding. Wheat is the one owners ask about.
Animal fatSpecies not named.
DigestThe palatant, sprayed on for smell. Source not named either.
Vegetable oil, flaxseedFlaxseed for plant omegas.
Minerals
Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides0.6%The declared prebiotic blend.
Spinach powder, dried citrus pulp, dried tomato pomaceTrace level, for antioxidants.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, each with a dose, and a natural antioxidant for preserving.

Unnamed animal fat and digest mean it cannot be read as poultry only in an exclusion trial.

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 13%; total poultry 21%), maize, wheat, broken rice, animal fat, digest, vegetable oil, flaxseed, minerals, oat bran, spinach powder, dried citrus pulp, dried tomato pomace, fructo-oligosaccharides. ActivBiome+ Multi Benefit prebiotic blend (0.6%): Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.1 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

4.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

5.2%

Carbs

52.9%

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

41.6%

Carbs

51.5%

Veg

0.4%

Oils

4.7%

Other

1.7%

Pricing & size