Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Puppy <1 Medium: With Chicken review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Puppy <1 Medium: With Chicken
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

61.4/100Good

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Flavour

A growth kibble from the brand most owners first meet at the vet's, built to a fixed recipe with a full analysis and a calcium figure you can check. The chicken recipe sits in our Good band and the lamb a step lower in Average. Rice, maize and an unnamed animal fat hold them back.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who read the calcium line first. Both recipes declare it, inside the growth range
Puppies moving onto a brand their vet already stocks
Steering off chicken, as the lamb recipe's only named meat is lamb meal
A pup better on moderate fat; the chicken recipe is 19.5% of dry matter

Worth watching

Rice, maize and maize protein meal all do real work, so a grain-free home should read on
Fish oil in both, at 0.5% and 1.4%, if your pup is kept off fish

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

How this scores

How we score

61.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Sold for medium-breed puppies up to a year. The daily amount climbs then eases as growth slows, so start from the bag's chart and let your pup's shape decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

With Chicken 61.4
With Lamb 48.8

Two recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Candour is not the issue here; the cereal lean and the unnamed fat are what keep both recipes off the higher places, and the lamb more so.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey mealchicken 19%; total poultry 29%A dried meal, so the printed share carries through to the kibble.
Broken rice, brown rice
Animal fatNo species named.
Maize, barley, oatsBarley and oats are on this recipe alone.
DigestA palatability coating, tied to no named animal.
Dried beet pulp, minerals
Maize protein meal
Flaxseed, vegetable oil, fish oilfish oil 0.5%The lighter of the range's two fish oil doses.
Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides (ActivBiome+ blend)0.6%The blend repeats two entries already on the list.

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

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 19%; total poultry 29%), broken rice, brown rice, animal fat, maize, digest, barley, oats, dried beet pulp, minerals, maize protein meal, flaxseed, vegetable oil, fish oil (0.5%), oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides. ActivBiome+ Multi Benefit prebiotic blend (0.6%): Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides.

Against the range

Lead ingredient: Chicken and turkey meal; Broken rice leads the lamb, at 26%.
Protein, dry matter: 29.8%; 30.1% on the lamb, helped by plant protein.
Fat, dry matter: 19.5%; 20.8% on the lamb.
Fish oil: 0.5%; 1.4% on the lamb.

The more even of the two, with meat leading the list.

Both recipes lean on rice, with maize and maize protein meal alongside, and both use an animal fat and a digest that name no species. Carbohydrate converts to 40.5% and 38.6% of dry matter, ordinary for a puppy kibble.

Calcium is printed on both and sits inside the growth range: 1.55% and 1.48% of dry matter. Each list closes on flaxseed, fish oil and the ActivBiome+ blend, which is oat bran and fructo-oligosaccharides already listed on their own. What varies is the lead: poultry meal in one, broken rice ahead of lamb meal in the other.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

374.9 kcal/100g

Protein

27.4%

Fat

17.9%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

7.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.8%

Fat

19.5%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

8.4%

Carbs

40.5%

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

40.9%

Carbs

52.8%

Oils

5.6%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size