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Pro Plan Veterinary Diets HA Small & Mini Dry review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

HA Small & Mini puts the hydrolysed recipe into a smaller kibble, and Purina keeps it in the Pro Plan Veterinary Diets range for little dogs on a vet-directed exclusion diet.

DryAdult

Purina's hydrolysed recipe in a smaller kibble, for little dogs on a vet-directed exclusion diet, so we put no score on it. Corn starch and hydrolysed soya protein lead the list. Built from a purified starch and a broken-down protein, it reads oddly against everyday food, which is what it is designed to do.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs whose vet has prescribed a hydrolysed exclusion diet
A kibble sized for little mouths, with a feeding table that stops at 10kg
Owners who want the vitamin and trace mineral doses printed

Worth watching

Digest and unnamed animal fats, both worth raising with your vet
Fish oil, so fish enters through an oil though no fish meat is declared

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adults, from 40 grams a day at 1kg to 175 grams at 10kg. How long a dog stays on it, and at what portion, is your vet's call.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Fish

What's in it

Corn starchA purified carbohydrate source.
Hydrolysed soya proteinBroken down so the protein is less likely to be recognised.
Minerals
Coconut oil
SugarUnder the maker's purified carbohydrate marker.
DigestA palatant coating; its source is not named.
Soyabean oil
CelluloseBulk fibre.
Animal fatsNo animal named.
Fish oil, monoglycerideFish enters here.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed per kilo.

Digest and animal fats name no source, worth reading twice in a food chosen to narrow down reactions.

Named ingredients

Corn starch*, Hydrolysed soya protein, Minerals, Coconut oil, Sugar*, Digest, Soyabean oil, Cellulose, Animal fats, Fish oil, Monoglyceride, *purified carbohydrate sources, hydrolysed protein source

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

346.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

11.5%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

51%

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

5.6%

Carbs

56.9%

Oils

9.7%

Other

27.8%

Pricing & size