Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Mature Adult 7+ Youthful Vitality Small & Mini review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Mature Adult 7+ Youthful Vitality Small & Mini
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

40.8/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Written for the older small dog with a bit less spark, and the recipe backs the name up. There is no wheat, dried eggs sit beside the chicken and turkey meal, and fish oil brings marine omega 3 so flaxseed is not working alone. It finishes in our Average band, held there by a maize and rice base that does most of the carrying.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and mini dogs past seven, still keen but a shade slower
Marine omega 3 from fish oil, on top of flaxseed
Older small dogs kept off wheat. None appears on the label
Dogs that do well on egg, which adds a highly digestible protein
Antioxidants from food: dried carrots, tomato pomace and citrus pulp

Worth watching

Grain is the base of the bowl, with broken rice declared at 24% behind maize
A modest meat share: chicken is 8% and total poultry 13%
Animal fat and digest are unnamed, which rules out a strict elimination plan
Fish oil means it is not fish free, and there is no glucosamine or chondroitin

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

How this scores

How we score

40.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and mini dogs from seven upwards. Most weigh well under 15kg, so feed from the label's figures for your dog's weight and let the waistline settle the rest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Mature Adult 7+ Youthful Vitality Small & Mini 40.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The cereal base keeps the score down, though the egg, fish oil and plant antioxidants give this bowl more than its band suggests.

What's in it

MaizeLeads the list.
Broken rice24%With maize, the body of the kibble.
Chicken and turkey meal13%Total poultry; chicken is 8% of it.
Barley, oatsGentler starches than wheat, which is absent.
Dried eggsTop of the digestibility table, and it rounds out the amino acids of a cereal heavy recipe.
Digest, vegetable oil, animal fatDigest and animal fat give no species.
Dried beet pulp, flaxseed, mineralsBeet pulp does most of the fibre work, which is light at 1.8% of dry matter.
Dried carrots, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulpThe antioxidant tail. Garnish, not bulk.
Fish oilLong chain omega 3 a dog absorbs directly. Late on the list, so a useful inclusion and not a measured dose.
Spinach powder

Trace minerals dosed per kilo, led by zinc at 147 mg and iron at 84.1 mg; calcium converts to 0.89% of dry matter, comfortably in adult territory.

No glucosamine or chondroitin source, so a stiffening older dog may need joint support added separately.

Named ingredients

Maize, broken rice (24%), chicken and turkey meal (chicken 8%; total poultry 13%), barley, oats, dried eggs, digest, vegetable oil, animal fat, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, minerals, dried carrots, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, fish oil, spinach powder.

Against the range

One recipe for small and mini dogs past seven. Maize and broken rice open the label, with no wheat anywhere, and named poultry totals 13%. Fish oil, dried eggs and a tail of plant ingredients sit on top of that cereal base.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360.4 kcal/100g

Protein

19.9%

Fat

12.4%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

4.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.6%

Fat

13.5%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

5.3%

Carbs

57.8%

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

26%

Carbs

71.5%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

1.7%

Other

0.5%

Pricing & size