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Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Small Paws Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Small Paws Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken Fat, and Whole Grain Corn. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 41.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 24.5%, fat 15.5%, fibre 3.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 41.0%
25%
16%
10%
41%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 41.0% of this cup, above the site average. Protein comes in at 24.5%. One cup carries 397 kcal.
PROTEIN
24.5%
STARCH, DERIVED
41.0%
KCAL / CUP
397
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FIRST 5 OF 33 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,787 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
24.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
15.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
41.0%

397 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 Meal, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken Fat, Whole Grain Corn, Corn Gluten Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Brown Rice, Chicken Liver Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp, Pork Flavor, Flaxseed, Fish Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Soybean Oil, 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., L-Lysine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Choline Chloride, L-Threonine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Calcium Carbonate, Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Natural Flavors, Green Peas, Apples, Cranberries, Carrots, Beta-Carotene, Broccoli

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 24.5% 27.2% TYPICAL
FAT 15.5% 17.2% n/a
FIBRE 3.0% 3.3% n/a
CARB (EST.) 41.0% 45.6% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 41.0% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
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 27.2% 21.1% 32.3%
CARB, DM 46% 55% 39%
STARCH RATIO 41.0% 49.5% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 397 389 384
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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