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Hill’s Hill’s Science Diet Adult Salmon & Barley Entrée Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 12.8 oz cans, complete and balanced for adult dogs. With the water taken out it is 17% protein and 7% fat, and each can carries 369 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced for adult dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
  • 12.8 oz can
  • 78% water
Protein is 16.8% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 3.7% because that figure includes the water. One can carries 369 kcal and about 10.0 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
16.8%
KCAL / CAN
369
CANS A DAY*
2.9

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

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Hill’s Hill’s Science Diet Adult Salmon & Barley Entrée Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 18 COMPONENTS
Water

Water

Plain water, used to make the recipe mixable and, in wet food, to fill the can.
Salmon

Salmon

The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Cracked Pearled Barley

Cracked Pearled Barley

Pearled barley broken into smaller pieces so it cooks and digests more quickly.
Whole Grain Corn

Whole Grain Corn

Corn kernels ground with the bran, germ and endosperm still intact, rather than the degermed endosperm used in refined corn…

Beef By-Product

Beef is a great source of protein and amino acids. This beef-by-product features other sources of protein content available besides…
READING THE LIST

What’s in the can

First ingredient
Water, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
First meat
Salmon, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Salmon, Beef By-Products and Pork Liver.
Thickeners and binders
None we recognize.
Added color
None listed.
Flagged additives
vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Folic Acid). Why we flag these.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the can, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
3.7%
Crude Fat (min.)
1.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.5%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

369 kcal per 12.8 oz can.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Water, Salmon, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Corn, Beef By-Products, Pork Liver, Soybean Meal, Chicken, Dried Whey, Soybean Oil, Chicken Liver Flavor, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, 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., vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Folic Acid), Potassium Chloride, minerals (Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), 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.

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 3.7% 16.8% 43.2%
FAT 1.5% 6.8% 22.2%
FIBER 1.5% 6.8% -
CARBS (EST.) - 60.5% -

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
17%
Higher than 1%. Median 43%.
Water
78%
Wetter than 6%. Median 78%.
PRICE BY PACK SIZE

What a can costs

SIZE LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
12.8 oz $3.69 $4.61 PetSmart
13 oz $3.69LIVE $4.56 PetSmart

Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 18. Others are from our check on Oct 16. 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 kcal

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (369 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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Hill’s Science Diet Adult Beef & Barley Entrée 22.7% Hill’s Science Diet Adult Savory Stew with Chicken & Vegetables 23.5% Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Rice Entrée 21.4% Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Small & Mini Chicken & Vegetables Entrée 22.7%

    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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