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Hill's Science Plan Light Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food with Chicken
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 14% meat
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: Pea bran meal, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 14%), maize, wheat, broken rice… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 14%
- Protein, dry weight
- 26%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~44%
- kcal/100 g
- 312
Ingredients
Listed first: Pea bran meal. 14% of the recipe is declared meat.
Pea bran meal, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 14%), maize, wheat, broken rice, maize protein meal, digest, cellulose, dried beet pulp, vegetable oil, animal fat, minerals, flaxseed, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides, pork cartilage (source of chondroitin sulphate), crustacean shell hydrolysate (source of glucosamine). ActivBiome+ Multi Benefit prebiotic blend (0.6%): Oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Vitamin A 10,214IU, Vitamin D3 720IU, Vitamin E 572mg, Vitamin C 106mg, Beta-carotene 1.6mg, L-carnitine 334mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Pea bran meal”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Pea bran meal | Grain | Not given |
| chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 14%) | Named meat | 14% |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| broken rice | 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 |
| vegetable oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| animal fat | 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 |
| pork cartilage (source of chondroitin sulphate) | Named meat | Not given |
| crustacean shell hydrolysate (source of glucosamine) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 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 14% for its named meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 26% and carbs about 44%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23% | 26% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 9.5% | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | ~40% | ~44% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 12.3% | 14% |
| 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 22
The kind of meat scored best (8 of 15). Meat scored lowest (5.8 of 45).
How much meat?
5.8 / 45 points- Meat on the label4.9 / 35 points
14% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.9 / 10 points
Protein is 25.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 44.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
3 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 3 for added plant protein, starch or fibre, digest or flavouring and hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
8 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal and fresh, which earns 67% 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 44% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 38%.
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 22 ingredients.
22 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, 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, pork, rice, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), 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, cellulose, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, oils and fats, pork, rice, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Beta-carotene (provitamin A), cellulose, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, pork, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- 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)
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Pea fibre
- 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 21% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home14kg · £53.99 up 21% since 10 Aug | 14kg | £53.99 | £3.86/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 21%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 14kg | £53.99 | £3.86/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 14kg | £48.59 | £3.47/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 14kg | £44.70 | £3.19/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 27 to 38 points higher and cost up to 3% more.

- Meat
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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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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