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Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Vegetable Stew Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 5.5 oz cans, complete and balanced for senior dogs. With the water taken out it is 20% protein and 13% fat, and each can carries 126 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced for senior dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
  • Stew
  • 5.5 oz can
  • 85% water
Protein is 20.0% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 3.0% because that figure includes the water. One can carries 126 kcal and about 4.7 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
20.0%
KCAL / CAN
126
CANS A DAY*
8.5

*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.

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Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Senior Vitality Small & Mini Chicken & Vegetable Stew Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 36 COMPONENTS
Chicken Broth

Chicken Broth

The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Chicken

Chicken

The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Pork Liver

Pork Liver

The liver of the pig, an organ meat.
Rice

Rice

The grain of the rice plant, used without the form being specified further.
Carrots

Carrots

The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First ingredient
Chicken Broth, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
First meat
Chicken, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Pork Liver.
Thickeners and binders
Rice Starch, Guar Gum and Sodium Tripolyphosphate. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
Added color
None listed.
Flagged additives
None from our list.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the can, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
3.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
2.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
2.0%
Moisture (max.)
85.0%

126 kcal per 5.5 oz can.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first

Chicken Broth, Chicken, Pork Liver, Rice, Carrots, Rice Starch, GreenPeas, Dextrose, Egg Product, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Egg Whites, Hydrolyzed Chicken Liver, Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor, Potassium Alginate, Calcium Chloride, Powdered Cellulose, Flaxseed, Choline Chloride, FishOil, Guar Gum, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement,L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate,Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement,Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3Supplement, Folic Acid), Dried Tomato Pomace, Dried Citrus Pulp, Spinach, Monosodium Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Lactate, Calcium Gluconate, Lipoic Acid, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, MagnesiumOxide, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate,Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), L-Carnitine, Natural Flavors

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 WITH THE WATER TAKEN OUT

Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.

NUTRIENT ON THE LABEL WATER OUT WET FOOD MEDIAN
PROTEIN 3.0% 20.0% 43.2%
FAT 2.0% 13.3% 22.2%
FIBER 2.0% 13.3% -
CARBS (EST.) - 40.0% -

Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.

AMONG 816 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
20%
Higher than 1%. Median 43%.
Water
85%
Wetter than 96%. Median 78%.
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
8.5CANS
    1,076 kcal

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (126 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // SCIENCE DIET

    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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Hill’s Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Chicken & Vegetable Entrée 22.7% Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Savory Stew with Chicken & Vegetables 30.6% Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Healthy Cuisine Braised Beef, Carrots & Peas Stew 18.8% Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small & Mini Chicken & Barley Entrée 23.6%

    Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, calories, 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 can. 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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