Hill's Science Plan Perfect Digestion Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food

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Hill's Science Plan Perfect Digestion Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultContains grain
12/ 100
WeakTied 1,123rd of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Worth knowing

  • Ground pecan shell: −5 points
  • 9% meat
  • About 58% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Wheat, maize, chicken (5%) and turkey meal (total poultry 9%), animal fat, maize gluten meal… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
9%
Protein, dry weight
20%
Carbs, dry weight
~58%
kcal/100 g
349

Ingredients

Listed first: Wheat. 9% of the recipe is declared meat.

Wheat, maize, chicken (5%) and turkey meal (total poultry 9%), animal fat, maize gluten meal, digest, brewers' rice, brown rice (4%), barley (3.2%), oats (3.2%), ground pecan shell, minerals, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, dried citrus pulp, dried cranberries

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Per Kg: 3b103 (Iron) 76.4mg, 3b202 (Iodine) 1.9mg, 3b405 (Copper) 7.5mg, 3b502 (Manganese) 7.9mg, 3b603 (Zinc) 134mg, 3b801 (Selenium) 0.2mg. Trace Elements: None Stated Vitamin A 10561IU, Vitamin D3 769IU, Vitamin E 550mg, Vitamin C 90mg, Beta-carotene 1.5mg

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Wheat”. 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
WheatGrainNot given
maizeGrainNot given
chicken (5%)Named meat5%
turkey meal (total poultry 9%)Named meatPart of the item above
animal fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
maize gluten mealGrainNot given
digestFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
brewers' riceGrainNot given
brown rice (4%)Grain4%
barley (3.2%)Grain3.2%
oats (3.2%)Grain3.2%
ground pecan shellOtherNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
dried beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
flaxseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried citrus pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried cranberriesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given

The label gives a total of 9% for its named meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 20% and carbs about 58%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein18.4%20%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat11.8%13%
Carbohydrate~53%~58%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.6%2.9%
Ash4.6%5.1%
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.

Energy349 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 12

The kind of meat scored best (10 of 15). Starch scored lowest (0.5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    3.3 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label3.2 / 35 points

      9% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.1 / 10 points

      Protein is 20.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    0.5 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 58.4% 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?

    10 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed10 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 83% 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: Ground pecan shell (−5).

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Tied 1,123rd of 1,171 dry foods. 11 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 58% to 36% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.

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 ingredient costs 5 points: ground pecan shell. 23 flagged nothing.

  • 1 costs points
  • 23 nothing flagged
23 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, barley, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), chicken, citrus pulp, cranberries, digest (rendered meat digest), linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, minerals, oats, rice, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), wheat

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

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/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Pets at Home2.5kg · £27.39 up 25% since 10 Aug2.5kg£27.39£10.96/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 25%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home14kg£64.39£4.60/kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home2.5kg£27.39£10.96/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home14kg£54.73£3.91/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home2.5kg£24.65£9.86/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home14kg£57.95£4.14/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home2.5kg£21.91£8.76/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 45 to 48 points higher and cost up to 25% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 9%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 58%
To feed
6% less per 1,000 kcal

+48 pointsCompare

Meat
73% this food 9%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 58%
To feed
22% less per 1,000 kcal

+45 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 9%
Carbs
about 27% this food about 58%
To feed
3% less per 1,000 kcal

+45 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 9%
Carbs
about 23% this food about 58%
To feed
25% more per 1,000 kcal

+45 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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