Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Healthy Mobility Small & Mini review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Healthy Mobility Small & Mini
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

38.2/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Hill's joint-minded recipe in a kibble a little dog can manage, reading in our Average band because of how much cereal it holds. Fish oil at 1.8% is where the mobility name earns itself. The label prints percentages against the meat and the oil, and a dose against every trace mineral.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and mini breed adults and older dogs
The omega source printed with a figure: fish oil at 1.8%
Little dogs with unspectacular appetites, as digest gives the bowl a smell worth crossing the room for
A gentler grain mix, with barley and oats joining the wheat, maize and rice

Worth watching

Three grains ahead of the meat, which stays modest at 11% total poultry
Fish oil rules out a fish-free home
No glucosamine or chondroitin dose, so the joint case rests on the oils

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

How this scores

How we score

38.2/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed adults and seniors. The label's own table is the guide for the target dog: 105 grams at 5kg and 175 grams at 10kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Healthy Mobility Small & Mini 38.2

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Three cereals ahead of the named meat and a high carbohydrate estimate account for most of the gap, and none of it stops the food doing what a small stiffening dog needs.

What's in it

Wheat, maize, broken riceThe first three places.
Chicken and turkey mealchicken 7%, total poultry 11%Both birds named, and a dry meal holds its figure. Still a small share.
Barley, oatsThe better company among the grains, with soluble fibre.
DigestThe palatant. No species named.
Animal fatNo species named either.
Maize protein meal
FlaxseedPlant omega 3.
Fish oil1.8%The marine omega 3s behind the mobility name.
Vegetable oil, minerals, pea bran meal
Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharidesA prebiotic pairing.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium all dosed, with zinc at 136 mg per kilo, and a natural antioxidant.

Digest and animal fat name no species, the one real limit when tracing what a dog reacts to.

Named ingredients

Wheat, maize, broken rice, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 7%; total poultry 11%), barley, oats, digest, animal fat, maize protein meal, flaxseed, fish oil (1.8%), vegetable oil, minerals, pea bran meal, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides.

Against the range

One small-kibble recipe with wheat, maize and broken rice ahead of chicken and turkey meal (chicken 7%, total poultry 11%), and barley and oats behind it. Fish oil at 1.8% carries the joint case, with no glucosamine or chondroitin printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366.3 kcal/100g

Protein

19.6%

Fat

13.4%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

4.3%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.3%

Fat

14.6%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

4.7%

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

12.3%

Carbs

84.3%

Oils

2.9%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size