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Hill’s Prescription Diet ONC Care Chicken & Vegetable Stew Wet Dog Food

Wet food in 12.5 oz cans, complete and balanced for adult dogs. With the water taken out it is 30% protein and 23% fat, and each can carries 321 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced for adult dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
  • Stew
  • 12.5 oz can
  • 85% water
Protein is 30.0% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 4.5% because that figure includes the water. One can carries 321 kcal and about 10.6 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
30.0%
KCAL / CAN
321
CANS A DAY*
3.4

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

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Hill’s Prescription Diet ONC Care Chicken & Vegetable Stew Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 37 COMPONENTS
Chicken Broth

Chicken Broth

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

Pork Liver

The liver of the pig, an organ meat.
Chicken

Chicken

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

Carrots

The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Green Peas

Green Peas

The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh 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
Pork Liver, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Pork Liver and Chicken.
Thickeners and binders
Rice Starch, Wheat Gluten, 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”

Calories
909 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
4.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
3.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.5%
Moisture (max.)
85.0%

321 kcal per 12.5 oz can.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first

Chicken Broth, Pork Liver, Chicken, Carrots, Green Peas, Rice, Rice Starch, Wheat Gluten, Soybean Oil, Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor, Chicken Liver Flavor, Fish Oil, Potassium Alginate, Ground Pecan Shells, Coconut Oil, Calcium Chloride, Chicken Fat, Egg Product, Flaxseed, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Citrus Pulp, Guar Gum, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Lactate, Calcium Gluconate, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid), Monosodium Phosphate, Pressed Cranberries, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Magnesium Oxide, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), L-Tryptophan, Natural Flavors, L-Carnitine, 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 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 4.5% 30.0% 43.2%
FAT 3.5% 23.3% 22.2%
FIBER 1.5% 10.0% -
CARBS (EST.) - 23.3% -

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

AMONG 818 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
30%
Higher than 9%. Median 43%.
Calories
909 kcal/kg
Richer than 30%. Median 993 kcal/kg.
Water
85%
Wetter than 96%. Median 78%.
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
3.4CANS
    1,076 kcal41.8 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (909 kcal per kg, 321 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // PRESCRIPTION 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 Prescription Diet d/d Salmon Skin Care 15.9% Hill’s Prescription Diet i/d Puppy Turkey Digestive Care 27.3%

    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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