Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Perfect Digestion Large Breed Puppy Food with Chicken & Brown Rice review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Perfect Digestion Large Breed Puppy Food with Chicken & Brown Rice
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

61.3/100Good

DryPuppy

A chicken and turkey kibble for large-breed puppies with unsettled digestion. Calcium converts to 1.0% of dry matter, a properly restrained level for a big frame, and that is the figure that earns the name. The poultry is quantified, a five-part prebiotic blend makes up 4%, and cereal carries much of the rest.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies growing into a large frame, with calcium well inside what big-breed growth asks for
Pups with easily upset digestion. The prebiotic blend is built in
Owners who want the poultry quantified: chicken at 16%, total poultry at 25%
Growing dogs that put on condition readily, at 364 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical

Worth watching

Maize second and broken rice third, so cereal does a good deal of the building
Fish oil in the recipe, beyond the poultry on the front

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

How this scores

How we score

61.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed puppies. Intake peaks well before the first birthday, so follow the bag's chart and feel the ribs and waist every fortnight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Perfect Digestion Large Breed Puppy Food with Chicken & Brown Rice 61.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

An ordinary band over a deliberate brief: the calcium is pitched for a big skeleton, which no band can show.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey meal25% poultry, 16% chickenMeal goes in dry, so the printed figure is close to what the kibble holds.
Maize, broken riceCereal heavy by design.
Animal fat, digestNeither names a species. Digest is the cooked palatant that makes a lean kibble worth finishing.
Brown rice4%
Barley, oats
CellulosePurified fibre, useful for bulk.
MineralsCalcium lands at 1.0% of dry matter, the line that matters most here.
Pecan shell, flaxseed, beet pulp, citrus pulp, cranberries4% blendThe ActivBiome+ blend: fermentable and bulking fibres together.
Fish oil, vegetable oilGenuine marine omega 3; the vegetable oil names no plant.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, each dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 16%; total poultry 25%), maize, broken rice, animal fat, digest, brown rice (4%), barley, oats, cellulose, minerals, ground pecan shell, flaxseed, dried beet pulp, dried citrus pulp, fish oil, vegetable oil, dried cranberries. ActivBiome+ prebiotic blend (4%): Ground pecan shell, flaxseed, dried beet pulp, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries.

Against the range

One large-breed puppy kibble on chicken and turkey meal, with maize, broken rice and other cereals doing much of the building. A 4% prebiotic blend of five named parts stands behind the digestion claim.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

364 kcal/100g

Protein

25.2%

Fat

14.9%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.4%

Fat

16.2%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

46%

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

40.8%

Carbs

48.1%

Oils

4.9%

Other

6.1%

Pricing & size