Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Puppy Stew with Chicken & added Vegetables review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Puppy Stew with Chicken & added Vegetables
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

40.4/100Average

WetPuppy

A pieces-in-gravy puppy tin in our Average band, for pups who like their food to look like food. More is missing from this label than from most. With no moisture or ash printed, the figures it does give cannot fairly be set beside another food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who turn away from a smooth loaf and want pieces
A wet food to serve with the brand's own kibble at the same meal
Tempting a pup back to the bowl through a fussy stretch. A gravy tin is usually the easiest sell in the house
Medium-breed puppies, the size it is listed for

Worth watching

No calcium figure anywhere on the pack, the number a big pup's owner most wants
Various sugars on the list, which a growing dog does not need
Only the chicken is named; the rest of the meat is not

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

How this scores

How we score

40.4/100Average

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium-breed puppies. Start from the pack's guide and let their condition steer the amount as they grow.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Puppy Stew with Chicken & added Vegetables 40.4

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Umbrella terms on the list and a panel too short to convert to dry matter are what hold this tin well under the typical wet puppy food.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesChicken is declared at 15% inside it. The rest could be almost any part of almost any warm-blooded land animal.
CerealsNo grain named.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Vegetables1.7%Their own line, with a figure.
Minerals
Eggs and egg derivativesEasy to digest and complete on amino acids, though modest this far down.
Various sugarsFor palatability and the look of the gravy; a growing dog takes nothing from them.
Oils and fatsSource not named.

Iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each with its dose per kilo.

No calcium figure on a growth food. Ask Hill's for it before a big pup is raised on this.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (chicken 15%), cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, vegetables (1.7%), minerals, eggs and egg derivatives, various sugars, oils and fats.

Against the range

Chicken is declared at 15% inside meat and animal derivatives, and the rest of the list runs on category names: cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats. The analysis stops at protein, fat and fibre, with no moisture or ash.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

90.1 kcal/100g

Protein

6.7%

Fat

4.2%

Fibre

0.8%

Dry weight

Protein

30.5%

Fat

19.1%

Fibre

3.6%

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

19.3%

Added water

59%

Carbs

17.8%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

0.4%

Other

1.8%