

2 prices from Zooplus UK
Hill's Science Plan Adult 1 - 6 Light Medium with Chicken
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 19% meat
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 12%; total poultry 19%), maize, pea bran meal, wheat, maize protein meal… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 19%
- Protein, dry weight
- 28%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~41%
- kcal/100 g
- 307
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken and turkey meal. 19% of the recipe is declared meat.
Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 12%; total poultry 19%), maize, pea bran meal, wheat, maize protein meal, digest, cellulose, dried beet pulp, animal fat, vegetable oil, minerals, flaxseed, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides. ActivBiome+ Multi Benefit prebiotic blend (0.6%): Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (8829 IU), vitamin D3 (731 IU), vitamin E (586mg), vitamin C (109mg), beta-carotene (1.5mg), L-carnitine (335mg), iron (75.4mg), iodine (1.9mg), copper (7.4mg), manganese (7.8mg), zinc (132mg), selenium (0.2mg). With natural antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken and turkey meal”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 12%; total poultry 19%) | Named meat | 19% |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| pea bran meal | Grain | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| maize protein meal | Grain | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| cellulose | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| vegetable oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| flaxseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| oat bran | Grain | Not given |
| fructo-oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| ActivBiome+ Multi Benefit prebiotic blend (0.6%): Oat bran | Other | 0.6% |
| fructo-oligosaccharides. | Other | Not given |
The label gives a total of 19% for its named meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 28% and carbs about 41%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25% | 28% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 10.7% | 12% |
| Carbohydrate | ~37% | ~41% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 12.4% | 14% |
| Ash | 5.3% | 5.9% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.
Why it scores 24
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (8 of 45).
How much meat?
8 / 45 points- Meat on the label6.7 / 35 points
19% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.3 / 10 points
Protein is 27.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
6.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 40.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
4 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
6 / 15 points- How the meat is listed6 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal, which earns 50% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat0 / 3 points
No organ meat named.
No ingredient deductions.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other dry foods
What the score means
One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.
75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.
How we rate foods →Less starch in the bowl
Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 41% to 27% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.
Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
Nothing flagged in 27 ingredients.
27 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), cellulose, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, minerals, oat bran, oils and fats, pea fibre, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), wheat
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, cellulose, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, oils and fats, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, beta-carotene (provitamin A), cellulose, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Maize (corn) gluten, oat bran
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Pea fibre
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 3% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 3%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £51.19 | £3.66/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 14kg | £100.49 | £3.59/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £51.29 | £3.66/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 14kg | £100.99 | £3.61/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £52.69 | £3.76/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 14kg | £103.49 | £3.70/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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