Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Hearty Vegetable & Chicken Stew Wet Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Weight Hearty Vegetable & Chicken Stew Wet Dog Food are Chicken Broth, Pork Liver, Carrots, Green Peas, and Powdered Cellulose. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 0.5%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken Broth
The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Pork Liver
The liver of the pig, an organ meat.
Carrots
The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Green Peas
The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.
Powdered Cellulose
Purified plant fiber, most often derived from wood pulp, used as an insoluble fiber source.
Our read The ingredients
A lean stew where fiber, not chicken, does the work
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Lean muscle protein
High-quality protein for lean muscles
What it is The protein starts with pork liver, second on the list, with chicken seventh and wheat gluten tenth. Chicken broth leads, adding flavor and water more than protein.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Because cellulose dilutes the calories, protein ends up supplying about 49% of them, which helps a dieting dog keep muscle. The amount itself sits well below most wet foods we list.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Powdered cellulose sits fifth and rice starch sixth, both ahead of the chicken. That fiber is the weight plan: it fills the can without adding calories.
- 5 Powdered Cellulose
- 6 Rice Starch
- 7 Chicken
- 28 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 698 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 4.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 1.5%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 84.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 0.5%
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Chicken Broth, Pork Liver, Carrots, Green Peas, Powdered Cellulose, Rice Starch, Chicken, Rice, Spinach, Wheat Gluten, Dried Tomato Pomace, Flaxseed, Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor, Coconut Oil, Potassium Alginate, Fish Oil, Calcium Chloride, Natural Flavor, Guar Gum, Dicalcium Phosphate, Lipoic Acid, Calcium Lactate, Calcium Gluconate, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Potassium Citrate, Taurine, Iodized Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., L-Lysine, minerals (Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 4.0% | 25.0% | TYPICAL |
| FAT | 1.5% | 9.4% | n/a |
| FIBER | 4.0% | 25.0% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 0.5% | 28.1% | LOW |
Our read The label
A low-calorie can built on fiber and protein
14g
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Where do the calories come from?
Protein and fat
About 49% from protein and 45% from fat, with just 6% from carbs. The fiber adds bulk to the bowl but almost no energy.
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Is it a high-protein food?
Not by weight
Protein runs 25% on a dry basis against 42.1% for the average wet food we list. Fiber fills much of that gap.
- Feed it to
- Overweight adults, or adults that gain easily, that need a fuller bowl on fewer calories and do fine on chicken, pork and wheat.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, underweight or hard-working dogs, dogs allergic to chicken, pork or wheat, and dogs on a strict vet weight-loss diet.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (698 kcal per kg, 247 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
4 FDA Recalls On Record
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None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.
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