Hill's Science Plan Hypoallergenic Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food

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Hill's Science Plan Hypoallergenic Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
19/ 100
WeakTied 986th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • 18% meat
  • About 53% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: with Salmon: Dried potatoes (19%), dried peas, potato starch, salmon meal (12%), animal fat… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
18%
Protein, dry weight
22%
Carbs, dry weight
~53%
kcal/100 g
363

Ingredients

Listed first: Dried potatoes. 18% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 18%
  • Plants 19%
  • No amount given 63%

with Salmon: Dried potatoes (19%), dried peas, potato starch, salmon meal (12%), animal fat, tuna meal (6%), digest, soybean oil, dried yellow peas, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, minerals, dried carrots, vitamins, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powder, trace elements and beta-carotene. With a natural antioxidant (mixed tocopherols)

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Nutritional Additives: Sodium 0.25%, Potassium 0.84%, Magnesium 0.09%; per kg: Vitamin A 8, 415IU, Vitamin D3 721IU, Vitamin E 802mg, Vitamin C 11-6mg, Beta-carotene 2.2mg; Trace Elements: None Stated

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Dried potatoes”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Dried potatoes (19%)Vegetable, fruit or plant19%
dried peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
potato starchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
salmon meal (12%)Named meat12%
animal fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
tuna meal (6%)Named meat6%
digestFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
soybean oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
dried yellow peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
flaxseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
dried carrotsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
vitaminsOtherNot given
dried tomato pomaceVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried citrus pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
spinach powderVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
trace elements and beta-carotene. With a natural antioxidan…OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 22% and carbs about 53%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein19.9%22%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat14.9%17%
Carbohydrate~48%~53%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.5%2.8%
Ash5.2%5.8%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%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.

Energy363 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 19

The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Starch scored lowest (2.4 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    6.7 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label6.3 / 35 points

      18% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.4 / 10 points

      Protein is 22.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    2.4 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 52.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    4 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.

  4. 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

Tied 986th of 1,171 dry foods. 21 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 53% to 33% by dry weight, and protein is about 37%.

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 21 ingredients.

21 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), carrot, citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), fish, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, peas, potato, salmon, soya oil, spinach, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamins

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: vitamin A (retinyl acetate)

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

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. Up 11% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Pets at Home14kg · £64.39 up 11% since 10 Aug14kg£64.39£4.60/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home14kg£64.39£4.60/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home14kg£54.73£3.91/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home14kg£57.95£4.14/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 32 to 41 points higher and cost up to 22% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
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Carbs
about 8% this food about 53%
To feed
2% less per 1,000 kcal

+41 pointsCompare

Meat
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 53%
To feed
19% less per 1,000 kcal

+38 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 18%
Carbs
about 27% this food about 53%
To feed
about the same per 1,000 kcal

+38 pointsCompare

Meat
60% this food 18%
Carbs
about 30% this food about 53%
To feed
22% more per 1,000 kcal

+32 pointsCompare

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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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