Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Adult Dog Stew with Chicken & added Vegetables review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Adult Dog Stew with Chicken & added Vegetables
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

38.6/100Average

WetAdult

Chunks in sauce, with chicken named at 8%, vegetables at 1.7% and egg on the list, and everything else in category terms. It is a tempting, rich serve next to a plain tin. The Average band comes from the composition, not from anything in the analysis.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fussy small adults, the dogs this texture is built to win round
A little visible vegetable in the bowl, declared at 1.7%
Decent energy from a modest serve, with fat at 19.1% of dry matter
Households already on Hill's who want the same approach in a livelier format
Dogs that need a meal to smell of something. That is largely what a sauce is for

Worth watching

Chicken at 8%, with every other animal hidden under meat and animal derivatives
Egg in the recipe, if egg has caused trouble before
Various sugars on the list, for owners keeping sugar out of the bowl
Carbohydrate at an estimated 44.1% of dry matter, where the typical adult wet food sits at 15.8%

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

How this scores

How we score

38.6/100Average

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. A tin like this is often served alongside a dry meal, so work out the split before you order by the case.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Adult Dog Stew with Chicken & added Vegetables 38.6

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Nothing here is spoilage or deficiency; the reading comes from a composition left mostly to trust, and a dog that eats it happily and looks well has no reason to change.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativeschicken 8%Chicken is the only animal named. The rest of the meat is a category.
Derivatives of vegetable originAhead of the cereals, so a large and unspecified plant share sits high in the recipe.
CerealsNo grain named.
Vegetables1.7%
Oils and fats
Eggs and egg derivativesDigestible, high quality protein, though the label gives no amount.
Various sugarsSweetness doing the same job as the sauce: making the meal appealing.
Minerals

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each with a printed dose, so the mineral end is the one part you can check line by line.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (chicken 8%), derivatives of vegetable origin, cereals, vegetables (1.7%), oils and fats, eggs and egg derivatives, various sugars, minerals.

Against the range

Eight entries, two with a figure: chicken at 8% inside meat and animal derivatives, and vegetables at 1.7%. The rest are legal categories that can shift between batches without the wording changing. Calcium converts to 0.91% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

90.7 kcal/100g

Protein

6.1%

Fat

4.2%

Fibre

0.6%

Ash

1.4%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

27.7%

Fat

19.1%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.4%

Carbs

44.1%

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

41.9%

Added water

13%

Carbs

38.5%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size