Hill's Science Plan

Hill's Science Plan Small & Mini Adult Dog Food with Chicken (Wet) review

Name: Hill's Science Plan Small & Mini Adult Dog Food with Chicken (Wet)
Brand: Hill's Science Plan

37/100Average

WetAdult

A light, watery tray for small dogs, sitting in our Average band because the label says so little. Five entries, four of them category terms, and only the chicken at 8% has a name and a number. Moisture is declared at 80.0%, so energy comes in at 81 kcal per 100g.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and toy adults, the size the tray is built for
Poor drinkers. Four fifths of the tray by weight is water
A topper beside a dry meal, where 81 kcal per 100g fits round the main portion
Dogs with modest appetites drawn in by a soft, mild meal

Worth watching

Only the chicken is named, so an elimination diet cannot be run on it
Unnamed cereals, with carbohydrate estimated at 49.0% of dry matter against the 15.8% typical
Oils and fats with no source given

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

How this scores

How we score

37/100Average

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. Crude fibre is only 1.5% of dry matter, so expect a hungry dog to come back sooner after this one.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hill's Science Plan Small & Mini Adult Dog Food with Chicken (Wet) 37.0

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The placement measures how little the label discloses, with five grouped entries and one named meat, more than anything wrong with the tray.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativeschicken 8%The chicken is the only named, measured ingredient. The rest of the animal side is a category term.
CerealsNo grain named, and a large share of the tray.
Minerals
Oils and fatsCould be a decent animal fat or a processed oil; the label does not say.
Derivatives of vegetable origin

Iron, zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, each dosed per kilo on the label.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (chicken 8%), cereals, minerals, oils and fats, derivatives of vegetable origin.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

80.6 kcal/100g

Protein

5.5%

Fat

3.2%

Fibre

0.3%

Ash

1.2%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

16%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Carbs

49%

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

42.1%

Added water

15%

Carbs

30.7%

Oils

4.5%

Other

7.6%

Pricing & size