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Hill's Science Plan Puppy Medium Breed Dry Dog Food with Lamb & Rice
DryCompletePuppyContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 16% meat
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: with Lamb & Rice: Broken rice (26%), lamb meal (16%), soybean meal, animal fat, pea protein… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 16%
- Protein, dry weight
- 31%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~37%
- kcal/100 g
- 383
Ingredients
Listed first: Broken rice. 16% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 16%
- Grain 26%
- Other 1.4%
- No amount given 56.6%
with Lamb & Rice: Broken rice (26%), lamb meal (16%), soybean meal, animal fat, pea protein, maize, digest, dried beet pulp, maize protein meal, minerals, fish oil (1.4%), flaxseed, soybean oil, oat bran, vitamins, fructo-oligosaccharides, trace elements and beta-carotene. With a natural antioxidant (mixed tocopherols).
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Vitamin A 8,664IU, Vitamin D3 739IU, Vitamin E 589mg, Vitamin C 113mg, Beta-carotene 1.4mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Broken rice”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Broken rice (26%) | Grain | 26% |
| lamb meal (16%) | Named meat | 16% |
| soybean meal | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| maize protein meal | Grain | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| fish oil (1.4%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1.4% |
| flaxseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| soybean oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| oat bran | Grain | Not given |
| vitamins | Other | Not given |
| fructo-oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| trace elements and beta-carotene. With a natural antioxidan… | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 31% and carbs about 37%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 27.7% | 31% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 19.1% | 21% |
| Carbohydrate | ~34% | ~37% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 1.8% | 2% |
| Ash | 7.8% | 8.7% |
| 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.
Energy383 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 25
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (7.4 of 45).
How much meat?
7.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label5.6 / 35 points
16% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.8 / 10 points
Protein is 30.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 37.3% 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 37% to 20% 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), digest (rendered meat digest), fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), lamb, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, minerals, oat bran, rice, soya (soybean), soya oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamins
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, digest (rendered meat digest), fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), lamb, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, rice, soya (soybean), soya oil, vegetable protein extracts
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Beta-carotene (provitamin A), digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), soya (soybean), soya oil, vegetable protein extracts, vitamins, 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)
- 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
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 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 18kg | £70.89 | £3.94/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £21.39 | £8.56/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 14kg | £48.59 | £3.47/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 18kg | £60.26 | £3.35/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £17.11 | £6.84/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 14kg | £44.70 | £3.19/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 18kg | £63.80 | £3.54/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £19.25 | £7.70/kg |
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Alternatives
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- Meat
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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
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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
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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