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Hill's Science Plan Hypoallergenic Medium Breed Adult Dry Dog Food
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 9% meat
- About 53% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Dried potatoes (21%), potato starch, dried peas, salmon meal (9%), pea protein… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 9%
- Protein, dry weight
- 22%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~53%
- kcal/100 g
- 363
Ingredients
Listed first: Dried potatoes. 9% of the recipe is declared meat.
Dried potatoes (21%), potato starch, dried peas, salmon meal (9%), pea protein, animal fat, digest, vegetable oil, minerals, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, dried carrots, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powder.
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.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dried potatoes (21%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 21% |
| potato starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| salmon meal (9%) | Named meat | 9% |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| vegetable oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| flaxseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried carrots | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried tomato pomace | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried citrus pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| spinach powder. | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 22% and carbs about 53%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 19.9% | 22% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14.9% | 17% |
| Carbohydrate | ~48% | ~53% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| 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 16
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (3.6 of 45).
How much meat?
3.6 / 45 points- Meat on the label3.2 / 35 points
9% 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%.
How much starch?
2.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 52.8% 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 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 20 ingredients.
20 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), carrot, citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), linseed (flaxseed), minerals, oils and fats, peas, potato, salmon, spinach, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, vegetable protein extracts, vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, beet pulp, carrot, citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), linseed (flaxseed), minerals, oils and fats, peas, potato, salmon, spinach, tomato, vegetable protein extracts
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Beta-carotene (provitamin A), citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), spinach, tomato, vegetable protein extracts, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- 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)
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 25% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home2.5kg · £31.59 up 25% since 10 Aug | 2.5kg | £31.59 | £12.64/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 25%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £31.59 | £12.64/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £28.43 | £11.37/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £25.27 | £10.11/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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- Carbs
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- Carbs
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Matches the maker’s own page.
Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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