Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Perfect Weight & Active Mobility Medium Adult Dog Food with Chicken review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Perfect Weight & Active Mobility Medium Adult Dog Food with Chicken
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

57.3/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Hill's answers the dog who has quietly gained a couple of kilos with fibre. Crude fibre runs at 13.3%, so an ordinary looking portion carries fewer calories, and the joint support comes from named sources. As an everyday plan for a medium dog who needs to slim down, it holds together well and scores Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium dogs asked to lose a little while mealtimes still feel normal
Dogs who follow you round the kitchen between meals. The fibre keeps them fuller for longer
Stiffening joints, with chondroitin from pork cartilage and glucosamine from crustacean shell
Older dogs too, as the label covers the senior years
A household that wants the diet food to be the whole meal

Worth watching

Fish oil at 1.9%, and a crustacean source for the glucosamine: not one for a dog avoiding fish or shellfish
Wheat and maize both do real work in the recipe
This much fibre shows up in the garden for a week or two. Change over gradually and keep water topped up

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

How this scores

How we score

57.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults and seniors. Feed to the weight you are aiming for, and let your hands on the ribs settle any argument with the table on the bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Perfect Weight & Active Mobility Medium Adult Dog Food with Chicken 57.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is the strong half, lower carbohydrate and fewer calories with the protein held; cereal and a few unnamed entries keep it mid table.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey meal15%Total poultry, chicken 9% of it. Dried before mixing, so the figure holds after baking.
Wheat, maizeCereal does real work here.
Pea bran meal, dried tomato pomace, cellulose, dried beet pulpThe fibre block. Cellulose is a refined plant fibre that fills a stomach with almost no energy.
Maize protein mealHelps lift the protein to 28.2% of dry matter.
DigestA palatant that names no species.
Flaxseed, coconut oil, vegetable oilVegetable oil is unnamed; the other two are not.
Fish oil1.9%The long-chain omega 3s.
Minerals, animal fat, dried carrotsAnimal fat names no species.
Pork cartilage, crustacean shell hydrolysateSources of chondroitin and glucosamine. No dose printed for either.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, each declared with a figure per kilo, plus a natural antioxidant.

Glucosamine comes from crustacean shell, the detail to know for a shellfish-sensitive dog.

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 15%), wheat, pea bran meal, maize, maize protein meal, digest, dried tomato pomace, cellulose, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, coconut oil, vegetable oil, fish oil (1.9%), minerals, animal fat, dried carrots, pork cartilage (source of chondroitin sulphate), crustacean shell hydrolysate (source of glucosamine).

Against the range

A single recipe: chicken and turkey meal first, with wheat and maize behind it and a fibre block of pea bran meal, tomato pomace, cellulose and beet pulp. Crude fibre is 14.5% of dry matter, and the joint ingredients come from pork cartilage and crustacean shell.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

320.7 kcal/100g

Protein

25.9%

Fat

12.9%

Fibre

13.3%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.2%

Fat

14%

Fibre

14.5%

Ash

Carbs

37.3%

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

39.5%

Carbs

55.1%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

2.4%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size