Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Healthy Mobility Medium review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Healthy Mobility Medium
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

39.1/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The brand's joint-minded recipe in a bag sized for a middling dog. Cereal does the bulk of the carrying, with wheat and maize ahead of 11% total poultry, and the joint help comes from oils: fish oil at 1.8% with flaxseed just ahead. Our scale reads it Average.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium adults and seniors stiffening after a long walk
Joint-minded feeding without a separate supplement
A marine omega source declared with a percentage
Calories reined in a little, fat declared at 13.1%
One recipe from mature adulthood into old age

Worth watching

No glucosamine or chondroitin dose printed
Fish oil, so not for a fish free diet
Wheat first, the line to check for a dog with a wheat history
Carbohydrate at 57.0% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

39.1/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults and seniors. The label asks 235 grams a day for a 15kg dog; let the waistline settle the last few grams.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Healthy Mobility Medium 39.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The band is a comment on the recipe's cereal-led shape, with the printed doses earning transparency its Good.

What's in it

WheatFirst on the list.
Maize
Chicken and turkey mealchicken 7%, total poultry 11%Water already out, so it arrives intact. Still a small animal share.
DigestThe coating that gets a leaner kibble eaten. No species named.
Animal fatNo species named either.
Maize protein mealProps up the protein figure.
FlaxseedPlant omega 3, converted slowly.
Fish oil1.8%The ingredient the name leans on: long chain omega 3s, printed with a percentage.
Vegetable oil, minerals
Pea bran mealMost of the fibre.

Every trace mineral carries a dose, zinc at 137 mg and iron at 78.3 mg per kilo, with a natural antioxidant.

Named ingredients

Wheat, maize, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 7%; total poultry 11%), digest, animal fat, maize protein meal, flaxseed, fish oil (1.8%), vegetable oil, minerals, pea bran meal.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368.1 kcal/100g

Protein

19.7%

Fat

13.1%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

4.4%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.4%

Fat

14.2%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

4.8%

Carbs

57%

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

25.8%

Carbs

66.2%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size