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Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Rice Entrée Wet Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Rice Entrée Wet Dog Food are Chicken Broth, Green Beans, Chicken, Turkey, and Carrots. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 7.5%.

Composition as fed: protein 4.7%, fat 2.3%, fiber 1.5%, moisture 78.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 7.5%
78%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 7.5% of this food as fed, above the wet food average. Protein comes in at 4.7%. One can carries 371 kcal.
PROTEIN
4.7%
STARCH, DERIVED
7.5%
KCAL / CAN
371
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FIRST 5 OF 30 COMPONENTS

Our read The ingredients

A sensible fiber mix in a broth-heavy stew

Signature feature

ActivBiome+

Contains ActivBiome+, an exclusive blend of prebiotics, with added pumpkin

Hill's says

What it is Hill's name for a fiber mix spread down the list: ground pecan shells 11th, flaxseed 15th, dried beet pulp 17th, dried citrus pulp 19th and pumpkin 23rd.

Our grade

  1. Marketing
  2. Modest
  3. Meaningful

Beet and citrus pulp are fermentable fibers that gut bacteria feed on, and pecan shells add bulk that firms stools. It's a sound, ordinary stool-quality mix, not an exclusive breakthrough.

Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.

Broth and green beans come before the chicken. Pumpkin, the one fiber Hill's names, sits 23rd, below the choline.

  • 1 Chicken Broth
  • 2 Green Beans
  • 3 Chicken
  • 23 Pumpkin

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
1,024 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
4.7%
Crude Fat (min.)
2.3%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.5%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
7.5%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

Chicken Broth, Green Beans, Chicken, Turkey, Carrots, Rice, Pork Liver, Potato Starch, Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor, Egg Whites, Ground Pecan Shells, Potassium Chloride, Fish Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Flaxseed, Egg Product, Dried Beet Pulp, Locust Bean Gum, Dried Citrus Pulp, Carrageenan, Disodium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Pumpkin, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Pressed Cranberries, Magnesium Oxide, Guar Gum, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), Beta-Carotene

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 4.7% 21.4% LOW
FAT 2.3% 10.5% n/a
FIBER 1.5% 6.8% n/a
CARB (EST.) 7.5% 52.3% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 7.5% WET FOOD AVG 4.2%

Our read The label

Half the protein of a typical wet food

The number

46g

Guaranteed protein per 1,000 calories. AAFCO's adult minimum is 45 g, so this food clears the floor by a hair.
  1. Is it a high-protein food?

    No

    Roughly half the protein of the average wet food we list, on a dry basis. Broth, green beans and rice fill the space meat would.

  2. Where do the calories come from?

    Carbs lead

    About 42% of the calories come from carbohydrate, 31% from fat and 26% from protein. That's a starchy profile for a can.

Feed it to
Healthy adults with loose stools or a touchy gut that do well on chicken, rice and vegetables.
Skip it for
Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken, turkey, pork or egg, and owners who want a high-protein wet food.
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
12.8 oz $4.49LIVE $5.61 PetSmart

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 9. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.9CANS
    1,076 kcal37.1 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,024 kcal per kg, 371 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // HILL'S

    4 FDA Recalls On Record

    MAY 20, 2019
    POTENTIALLY ELEVATED LEVELS OF VITAMIN D

    Canned Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    MAR 20, 2019
    DUE TO ELEVATED LEVELS OF VITAMIN D

    Canned Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    JAN 31, 2019
    POTENTIALLY ELEVATED LEVELS OF VITAMIN D

    Canned Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    JUN 2, 2014
    POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

    Science Diet Adult Small & Toy Breed dry dog food (62 bags) Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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