Hill's Science Plan

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

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

38.7/100Average

DryAdult

The red meat option for little dogs in this part of the Hill's range, and a grain-heavy one. Maize opens the list with brown and broken rice at 11% each behind it, and lamb meal at 9% is the only animal named anywhere. It sits in our Average band because of how much cereal does the carrying, not because of anything alarming.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and mini breed adults kept off poultry, with lamb the one animal named
A spread of grains over one cereal doing everything
Little dogs that need dinner to smell interesting; digest is on the label for that
A printed dose against every trace mineral, zinc at 157 mg per kilo among them

Worth watching

Carbohydrate estimated at 53.7% of dry matter, against 46.2% for typical adult dry food
Wheat fourth on the list, and soybean meal in the middle
Animal fat and digest name no species, so this is not lamb and nothing else

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

How this scores

How we score

38.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and mini adult dogs. Take the first portion from the table on the bag and adjust by feel over a fortnight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1-6 Small & Mini with Lamb & Rice 38.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

One named meat at 9% among four grains explains the score; what it cannot capture is how useful lamb is to a small dog that has run out of patience with chicken.

What's in it

MaizeLeads the list.
Brown rice, broken rice11% eachMore of the bran survives in the brown.
Wheat
Lamb meal9%The only named animal. Already dried, so the 9% is a fair reflection of what stays in the kibble.
Maize protein meal, barley, oatsOats bring soluble fibre; barley is easy on most dogs once cooked.
Animal fat, digestNeither names a species, so the lamb is a change of named protein, not a single source.
Soybean mealA plant protein doing some of the meat's work. Most dogs digest it well.
Vegetable oil, minerals, flaxseedPlant omegas from the flaxseed.
Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharidesThe prebiotic pairing.
Tomato pomace, citrus pulp, spinach powder

Every trace mineral dosed in print: zinc at 157 mg per kilo, iron 89.8 mg, manganese 9.3 mg, copper 8.9 mg, iodine 2.2 mg and selenium 0.2 mg.

Named ingredients

Maize, brown rice (11%), broken rice (11%), wheat, lamb meal (9%), maize protein meal, barley, oats, animal fat, digest, soybean meal, vegetable oil, minerals, flaxseed, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powder.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368.5 kcal/100g

Protein

21.4%

Fat

14.2%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

5.3%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.3%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

5.8%

Carbs

53.7%

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

10.9%

Carbs

86%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

1.9%

Other

1.2%

Pricing & size