Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Large Breed Adult Dog Food with Lamb and Rice review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Large Breed Adult Dog Food with Lamb and Rice
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

39.6/100Average

DryAdult

A cereal-based kibble built around a big dog's frame, sitting in our Average band because grain and plant protein do so much of the carrying. Its large-breed thinking arrives late on the list: pork cartilage and crustacean shell bring chondroitin and glucosamine into the recipe. As a steady daily food for a big adult with stiffening joints, it has a clear purpose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large adults with the first signs of joint wear
Owners after a red meat over yet another chicken recipe, with lamb meal the named animal
A big dog on a rice-based food
Dogs that have always done well on a familiar cereal kibble

Worth watching

Wheat and soybean meal high on the list, wheat being the grain a sensitive dog most often reacts to
Pig and shellfish sit alongside the lamb, through the joint sources
Carbohydrate at an estimated 54.2% of dry matter against a typical 46.2%

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

How this scores

How we score

39.6/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed adults. Energy runs above the typical dry food, so put a big dog's portions on the scales and let the ribs tell you when it is right.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Large Breed Adult Dog Food with Lamb and Rice 39.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

How the recipe is stacked puts the distance in: grain and plant protein ahead of the lamb pull protein and processing down, while naming the lamb, rice and joint sources holds transparency up.

What's in it

Broken rice20%The fragments left when rice is milled. Easy on most dogs once cooked.
Maize, wheatWheat is the line to check if your dog has form with itchy skin on cereal foods.
Soybean mealPlant protein, part of the protein figure.
Lamb meal9%Concentrated and dried before it goes in.
Animal fatNo species named.
Maize protein meal, digestMore plant protein, and an unnamed palatant.
Soybean oil, flaxseedFlaxseed brings plant omega 3.
Minerals, oat bran, vitamins, fructo-oligosaccharides, trace elements
Pork cartilage, crustacean shell hydrolysateSources of chondroitin and glucosamine, undosed. They put pig and shellfish in the recipe.
Beta-carotene, mixed tocopherolsA natural vitamin E preservative.

Named ingredients

With LAMB & RICE: Broken rice (20%), maize, wheat, soybean meal, lamb meal (9%), animal fat, maize protein meal, digest, soybean oil, flaxseed, minerals, oat bran, vitamins, fructo-oligosaccharides, trace elements, pork cartilage (source of chondroitin sulphate), crustacean shell hydrolysate (source of glucosamine) and beta-carotene. With a natural antioxidant (mixed tocopherols).

Against the range

One cereal-based recipe: broken rice at 20%, maize, wheat and soybean meal all ahead of lamb meal at 9%, with maize protein meal further down. Animal fat and digest are unnamed. Pork cartilage and crustacean shell hydrolysate bring chondroitin and glucosamine at the tail, neither dosed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

370.1 kcal/100g

Protein

21.3%

Fat

14.6%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

4.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.2%

Fat

15.9%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

5.3%

Carbs

54.2%

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

32.5%

Carbs

54.5%

Oils

5.2%

Other

7.9%

Pricing & size