Hill's Science Plan

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

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

56.9/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A calorie-controlled kibble for the medium dog carrying a size more than he should, and it sits in our Good band. Cellulose lifts crude fibre to 11.9%, so a full-looking bowl brings fewer calories. Energy settles at 317 kcal per 100g, against 357 for the typical adult dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium adults who need to slim without staring at an empty bowl
Owners who want the portion to stay generous while the calories come down
An older medium dog. One bag covers the adult and senior years
Dogs that get on with poultry, the only meat family named

Worth watching

Wheat and maize, for a dog with a history of trouble with cereals
Bulkier, more frequent stools while a dog settles onto this much fibre
Maize protein meal propping up the protein figure, so it reads higher than the meat alone

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

How this scores

How we score

56.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults and seniors. A dog slimming down eats less than a maintenance ration, so portion to the target weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Perfect Weight Medium Adult Dog Food with Chicken 56.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A slimming recipe has to give up meat room to cereal and fibre, and the trade here has been made carefully.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey mealchicken 10%, total poultry 15%Already dried, so the protein goes straight into the kibble. A modest share all the same.
Maize, maize protein mealThe protein meal is concentrated plant protein.
Pea bran meal, wheat, broken rice
CelluloseThe engine of the bag: purified fibre that fills a stomach with close to no calories.
DigestThe palatant. No species given.
Dried tomato pomace, flaxseedFlaxseed brings plant omega 3s.
Animal fat, dried beet pulpThe fat names no species.
Coconut oil2.2%A quick-burning fat.
Minerals, dried carrots

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed in print.

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 10%; total poultry 15%), maize, maize protein meal, pea bran meal, wheat, broken rice, cellulose, digest, dried tomato pomace, flaxseed, animal fat, dried beet pulp, coconut oil (2.2%), minerals, dried carrots.

Against the range

One recipe: chicken and turkey meal at 15% total poultry, a cereal carrier of maize, wheat and rice, and cellulose doing the slimming work, with crude fibre at 12.9% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

316.6 kcal/100g

Protein

25.1%

Fat

11%

Fibre

11.9%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.3%

Fat

12%

Fibre

12.9%

Ash

Carbs

41.8%

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

36.9%

Carbs

58.1%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

2.4%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size