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Hill's Science Plan Light Mature Mini Breed Dry Dog Food with Chicken
DryCompleteSeniorContains grain
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 15% meat
- About 49% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: with Chicken: Wheat, maize, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 15%), pea bran meal, cellulose… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 15%
- Protein, dry weight
- 20%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~49%
- kcal/100 g
- 308
Ingredients
Listed first: Wheat. 15% of the recipe is declared meat.
with Chicken: Wheat, maize, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 15%), pea bran meal, cellulose, barley, oats, digest, animal fat, flaxseed, dried beet pulp, soybean oil, minerals, oat bran, vitamins, fructo-oligosaccharides, L-carnitine, trace elements, pork cartilage (source of chondroitin sulphate), crustacean shell hydrolysate (source of glucosamine) and beta-carotene. With a natural antioxidant (mixed tocopherols).
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Vitamin A 8,010IU, Vitamin D3 673IU, Vitamin E 702mg, Vitamin C 107mg, Beta-carotene 1.5mg, L-carnitine 308mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Wheat”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Grain | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; total poultry 15%) | Named meat | 15% |
| pea bran meal | Grain | Not given |
| cellulose | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| barley | Grain | Not given |
| oats | Grain | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| flaxseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 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 |
| oat bran | Grain | Not given |
| vitamins | Other | Not given |
| fructo-oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| L-carnitine | Other | Not given |
| trace elements | Other | Not given |
| pork cartilage (source of chondroitin sulphate) | Named meat | Not given |
| crustacean shell hydrolysate (source of glucosamine) and be… | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
The label gives a total of 15% for its named meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 20% and carbs about 49%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 17.7% | 20% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 10% | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | ~44% | ~49% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 12.9% | 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.
Energy308 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 20
The kind of meat scored best (8 of 15). Meat scored lowest (5.3 of 45).
How much meat?
5.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label5.3 / 35 points
15% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0 / 10 points
Protein is 19.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 49% 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 49% to 31% by dry weight, and protein is about 30%.
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
1 noted: crustacean shell hydrolysate and beta-carotene. 23 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 23 nothing flagged
- Crustacean shell hydrolysate and beta-caroteneCounted in “How processed?”
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
23 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, barley, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), cellulose, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, oat bran, oats, pea fibre, pork, soya oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), 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, barley, beet pulp, cellulose, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, oats, pork, soya oil, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Barley, beta-carotene (provitamin A), cellulose, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, pork, soya oil, vitamins, 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)Oat bran
- 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 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home2.5kg · £16.79 up 11% since 10 Aug | 2.5kg | £16.79 | £6.72/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £16.79 | £6.72/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £13.43 | £5.37/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £15.11 | £6.04/kg |
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Alternatives
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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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- 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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