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Hill's Science Plan Chicken & Veg Stew Mature Wet Dog Food
WetCompleteSeniorContains grain
Good points
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- Added sugar: −10 points
- At least 12% meat
- About 50% carbs (dry weight)
First ingredients: with Chicken & added Vegetables: Pork, chicken (6%), wheat flour, rice starch, maize starch… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 12%
- Protein, dry weight
- 24%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~50%
- kcal/100 g
- 85
Ingredients
Listed first: Pork. 12% of the recipe is declared meat.
with Chicken & added Vegetables: Pork, chicken (6%), wheat flour, rice starch, maize starch, rice, dried beet pulp, soybean oil, minerals, dried egg whites, various sugars, dried peas, dried carrots, digest, animal fat, rice flour, dried potatoes, flaxseed, vitamins, trace elements, spinach powder and beta-carotene. Total vegetables (1.7%).
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A 16,401IU, Vitamin D3 291IU.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Pork”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Pork | Named meat | Not given |
| chicken (6%) | Named meat | 6% |
| wheat flour | Grain | Not given |
| rice starch | Grain | Not given |
| maize starch | Grain | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| soybean oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| dried egg whites | Other | Not given |
| various sugars | Other | Not given |
| dried peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried carrots | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| rice flour | Grain | Not given |
| dried potatoes | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| flaxseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| vitamins | Other | Not given |
| trace elements | Other | Not given |
The first ingredient is a named meat with no amount. Labels list by weight, so we counted it at the next figure, 6%: the meat is at least 12%.
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Nutrition
Protein 24% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 5.2% | 24% |
| below the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 3.5% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~11% | ~50% |
| above the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.6% | 2.7% |
| Ash | 1.6% | 7.4% |
| Moisture | 78.4% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Energy85 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 16
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Meat scored lowest (4.9 of 45).
How much meat?
4.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label4.2 / 35 points
At least 12% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.7 / 10 points
Protein is 24.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 49.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% 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.
Points lost for ingredients: Sugars (−10).
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other wet 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 →Ingredient notes
1 ingredient costs 10 points: sugars. 19 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 19 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- SugarsCosts 10 pointsFeed material (declared category)
Why it costs points and sources
Added sugar is there for taste. Dogs have no need for it, and it adds calories without nutrition.
19 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, beet pulp, carrot, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, peas, pork, potato, rice, soya oil, spinach, starch, vitamins, wheat
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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, beet pulp, carrot, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, peas, pork, potato, rice, soya oil, spinach, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Digest (rendered meat digest), pork, soya oil, spinach, vitamins, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Total vegetables
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home363g · £3.49 | 363g | £3.49 | £9.61/kg | Visit |
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 363g | £3.49 | £9.61/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 363g | £3.14 | £8.65/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 363g | £3.49 | £9.61/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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- Meat
- 68% this food 12%
- Carbs
- about 6% this food about 50%
- To feed
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- Meat
- 80% this food 12%
- Carbs
- about 11% this food about 50%
- To feed
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+52 pointsCompare
- Meat
- 65% this food 12%
- Carbs
- about 9% this food about 50%
- To feed
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+52 pointsCompare
- Meat
- 64% this food 12%
- Carbs
- about 3% this food about 50%
- To feed
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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: Pets at Home.
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