Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Puppy <1 Small & Mini review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Puppy <1 Small & Mini
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

59.5/100Good

DryPuppy

The little dog's version of Hill's growth kibble, and a sound one: calcium is printed on the pack and lands at 1.46% of dry matter, right for a growing skeleton. Chicken and turkey meal open the list at 29% total poultry. Wheat sitting third and an animal fat with no species named keep it in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who will stay small for life. The bag is shaped around them
Owners who want the calcium line printed, here at 1.46% of dry matter
Pups who eat well on poultry, with 29% chicken and turkey meal leading the list
A mineral panel dosed per kilo, zinc at 142 mg/kg and iron at 86.7 mg/kg
Small eaters. Energy is 383 kcal per 100g, a touch above the 376 typical

Worth watching

Wheat third on the list, at a real level, for a puppy with any sign of wheat sensitivity
Animal fat and digest tied to no named species
Fish oil at 1.5%, so fish is in an otherwise poultry bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

59.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and mini breed puppies. Begin with the bag's chart and adjust month by month as your puppy fills out, since growth speeds up and then tails away.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Puppy <1 Small & Mini 59.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Every part of the score comes back even, and the unnamed fat, the digest and the wheat are what hold it there.

What's in it

Chicken and turkey meal29% poultry, 19% chickenMeal is dried meat, so the printed share maps closely to what ends up in the kibble.
Broken rice, wheatCarry the biscuit. Wheat goes in at a real level, not a trace.
Animal fatNo species named.
Maize, maize protein meal
DigestAlso tied to no named species.
Dried beet pulp, oat branMost of the fibre, which is light at 1.4% of dry matter.
Minerals
Flaxseed, fish oil, vegetable oilfish oil 1.5%The omega side. The vegetable oil names no plant.
Fructo-oligosaccharides
Dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powderTrace level, there for antioxidants.

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

Fish oil puts fish into an otherwise poultry recipe.

Named ingredients

Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 19%; total poultry 29%), broken rice, wheat, animal fat, maize, digest, dried beet pulp, maize protein meal, minerals, flaxseed, fish oil (1.5%), vegetable oil, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powder.

Against the range

One recipe, built on chicken and turkey meal with rice and wheat as the cereal base. Calcium is printed on the pack and converts to 1.46% of dry matter. Carbohydrate is an estimated 41.2% of dry matter, a little over the 39.0% typical of a puppy dry food.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

383 kcal/100g

Protein

27.7%

Fat

18.1%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.1%

Fat

19.7%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

41.2%

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

41.1%

Carbs

50.9%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

6.8%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size