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Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill's Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, and Whole Grain Wheat. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 48.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 20.0%, fat 11.5%, fibre 4.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 48.5%
20%
12%
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49%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 48.5% of this cup, above the site average. Protein comes in at 20.0%. One cup carries 365 kcal.
PROTEIN
20.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
48.5%
KCAL / CUP
365
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FIRST 5 OF 28 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,683 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
20.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
11.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
48.5%

365 kcal per cup. This food is 90% dry matter. The conversion alongside removes the water so it can be compared with any other food, wet or dry.

Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Corn Protein Meal, Chicken Meal, Chicken Fat, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Meal, Dried Beet Pulp, Soybean Oil, Lactic Acid, Flaxseed, Pork Liver Flavor, Potassium 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., Whole Grain Oats, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), Choline Chloride, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Calcium Carbonate, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Natural Flavors, 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, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 20.0% 22.2% LOW
FAT 11.5% 12.8% n/a
FIBRE 4.0% 4.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 48.5% 53.9% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 48.5% ARCHIVE AVG 35.97%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

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

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Science Diet range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE HILL’S SCIENCE DIET ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 22.2% 21.1% 31.9%
CARB, DM 54% 55% 39%
STARCH RATIO 48.5% 49.5% 35.97%
KCAL / CUP 365 390 390
RECALL HISTORY // SCIENCE DIET

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Science Diet. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. 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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