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Hill's Science Plan Small & Mini Dry Adult Dog Food Lamb
DryCompleteAdultContains grain
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 9% meat
- About 52% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Maize, brown rice (11%), broken rice (11%), wheat, lamb meal (9%)… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 9%
- Protein, dry weight
- 25%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~52%
- kcal/100 g
- 369
Ingredients
Listed first: Maize. 9% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 9%
- Grain 22%
- No amount given 69%
Maize, brown rice (11%), broken rice (11%), wheat, lamb meal (9%), maize protein meal, barley, oats, animal fat, digest, soybean meal, vegetable oil, minerals, flaxseed, oat bran, fructo-oligosaccharides, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powder
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Vitamin A 11,290IU, Vitamin D3 773IU, Vitamin E 690mg, Vitamin C 105mg, Beta-carotene 1.5mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Maize”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Maize | Grain | Not given |
| brown rice (11%) | Grain | 11% |
| broken rice (11%) | Grain | 11% |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| lamb meal (9%) | Named meat | 9% |
| maize protein meal | Grain | Not given |
| barley | Grain | Not given |
| oats | Grain | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| soybean meal | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| vegetable oil | 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 |
| 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 25% and carbs about 52%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 22.3% | 25% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14.2% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~47% | ~52% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 1.7% | 1.9% |
| 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.
Energy369 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 16
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (4 of 45).
How much meat?
4 / 45 points- Meat on the label3.2 / 35 points
9% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.8 / 10 points
Protein is 24.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
2.8 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 51.7% 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 52% to 32% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.
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 23 ingredients.
23 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, barley, beta-carotene (provitamin A), citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), lamb, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, minerals, oat bran, oats, oils and fats, rice, soya (soybean), spinach, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, 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, barley, citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), lamb, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, oats, oils and fats, rice, soya (soybean), spinach, tomato, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Barley, beta-carotene (provitamin A), citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), soya (soybean), spinach, tomato, 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 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home6kg · £36.39 up 11% since 10 Aug | 6kg | £36.39 | £6.07/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 | 6kg | £36.39 | £6.07/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £29.11 | £4.85/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £32.75 | £5.46/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 43 to 46 points higher and cost up to 23% more.
- Meat
- 76% this food 9%
- Carbs
- about 21% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 16% more per 1,000 kcal
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78% meatDry · All ages
Good£5.03/kg
- Meat
- 78% this food 9%
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 25% less per 1,000 kcal
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- 79.5% this food 9%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 23% more per 1,000 kcal
+43 pointsCompare
- Meat
- 76% this food 9%
- Carbs
- about 26% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 4% more per 1,000 kcal
+43 pointsCompare
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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