Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

54.9/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A gentle-stomach kibble sized for a little mouth, sitting in our Good band. Chicken and turkey meal leads at 15% total poultry, with five cereals behind it, and beet pulp, flaxseed and dried eggs carry the digestion and coat side. A small dog with an unreliable stomach can do perfectly well on it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and toy adults that need dinner predictable from one week to the next
An ageing small dog, as the label runs from adult into the senior years
Fussy little eaters. The digest is there to make the kibble worth finishing
A soft stool, with dried beet pulp at 2.5% to firm things up
Owners who want mineral doses printed, zinc at 134 mg per kilo included

Worth watching

Poultry is the whole animal story, so a chicken or turkey history rules it out
Barley carries gluten
Unnamed species behind the animal fat and digest
Carbohydrate estimated at 52.9% of dry matter, against 46.2% for typical adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

54.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adults and seniors. Go by the label's own guide at this size, 170 grams a day for a 10kg dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult 1+ Sensitive Stomach & Skin Small & Mini 54.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Read the score as a description of a cereal-based small breed kibble, not a health warning; fed to the small adult it names, it does what the bag says.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey meal15% poultry, 9% chickenA meal is already dry, so the figure survives into the finished biscuit.
Broken rice, brown riceMilled rice fragments, cooked soft; familiar for a dog whose digestion objects to richer things.
Maize, maize protein mealThe meal adds plant protein to the total.
Barley, oatsFibre, and barley carries gluten.
Animal fat, digestSpecies never stated. Digest is a palatant, and a little dog skipping meals is a real problem.
Vegetable oil
Dried beet pulp2.5%The fibre most often used to settle a loose stool.
FlaxseedPlant omega 3 for the skin.
Minerals
Dried eggsA small, highly usable protein.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed per kilo, with zinc at 134 mg doing skin work.

Animal fat and digest name no species, which counts on an elimination plan.

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 15%), broken rice, maize, brown rice, maize protein meal, barley, oats, animal fat, digest, vegetable oil, dried beet pulp (2.5%), flaxseed, minerals, dried eggs.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

369.5 kcal/100g

Protein

22.5%

Fat

14.2%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.5%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

5.4%

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

36.1%

Carbs

62.3%

Oils

1.2%

Other

0.4%

Pricing & size