Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Hypoallergenic Small & Mini Adult Dog Food with Salmon review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Hypoallergenic Small & Mini Adult Dog Food with Salmon
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

42.9/100Average

DryAdult

A sensible thing to try for a small dog whose skin or stomach has been arguing with poultry. Salmon meal at 9% is the only named animal, and dried potatoes at 21%, potato starch and dried peas stand in for grain. It sits in our Average band because of that starch, and no caution comes with it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and toy adults who have not got on with poultry
Owners who want cereal out of the bowl entirely
Flaky skin. Salmon meal and flaxseed bring omega 3 in the form skin uses directly
Anyone who likes the mineral doses printed, zinc at 90.3 mg per kilo among them
Little dogs that need a short list with fewer places for a trigger to hide

Worth watching

Animal fat and digest with no species named, so the list is narrow but not closed
A big plant side: estimated carbohydrate at 55.5% of dry matter against 46.2% for a typical adult dry food
Fish is the only animal protein, which matters for a dog kept away from it

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

How this scores

How we score

42.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and mini adults. For a formal exclusion trial, the unnamed fat and digest are the entries to raise with your vet before you start.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Hypoallergenic Small & Mini Adult Dog Food with Salmon 42.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Starch sets the score here, and on the narrow brief of fewer things to react to the recipe holds up better than the number suggests.

What's in it

Dried potatoes21%Opens the list and does the job cereal does in most kibbles.
Potato starchWhat lets a grain-free biscuit keep its shape.
Dried peas
Salmon meal9%The only named animal. Dried fish meal is concentrated, so it gives more than the same figure as fresh fish would.
Pea proteinLifts the protein total, so the 21.6% in dry matter is shared between plant and fish.
Animal fat, digestNeither names its species. The digest is there for taste.
Vegetable oil, minerals
Dried beet pulp, flaxseedThe two small entries doing real work: beet pulp for the gut, flaxseed for the coat.
Dried carrots, tomato pomace, citrus pulp, spinach powderSmall antioxidant additions that make the label look longer than the recipe is.

Zinc at 90.3 mg, iron at 51.5 mg, manganese at 5.3 mg, copper at 5.1 mg, iodine at 1.3 mg and selenium at 0.1 mg per kilo, all printed in full.

Protein is 19.9% as fed, and part of it comes from pea protein.

Named ingredients

Dried potatoes (21%), potato starch, dried peas, salmon meal (9%), pea protein, animal fat, digest, vegetable oil, minerals, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, dried carrots, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powder.

Against the range

One recipe, built short on purpose: salmon meal is the only named animal, and potato and pea do the work cereal does in most kibbles. The animal fat and the digest are the two entries that keep the list from being fully closed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

370 kcal/100g

Protein

19.9%

Fat

14.2%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

4.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.6%

Fat

15.4%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

5.2%

Carbs

55.5%

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

13.8%

Carbs

78.6%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

5.3%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size