Hill's Science Plan Small & Mini Hypoallergenic Salmon Dry Dog Food

3 prices from Zooplus UK and Jollyes

Hill's Science Plan Small & Mini Hypoallergenic Salmon Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
15/ 100
WeakTied 1,077th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • 9% meat
  • About 54% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Dried potatoes (21%), potato starch, dried peas, salmon meal (9%), pea protein… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
9%
Protein, dry weight
22%
Carbs, dry weight
~54%
kcal/100 g
362

Ingredients

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

Dried potatoes (21%), potato starch, dried peas, salmon meal (9%), pea protein, animal fat, digest, soybean oil, minerals, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, dried carrots, vitamins, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, spinach powder, trace elements and beta-carotene, With a natural antioxidant (mixed tocopherols)

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Beta-carotene, 3b103 (Iron), 3b202 (Iodine), 3b405 (Copper), 3b502 (Manganese), 3b603 (Zinc), 3b801 (Selenium)

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Dried potatoes”. 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
Dried potatoes (21%)Vegetable, fruit or plant21%
potato starchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
salmon meal (9%)Named meat9%
pea proteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
animal fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
digestFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
soybean oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
dried beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
flaxseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried carrotsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
vitaminsOtherNot given
dried tomato pomaceVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried citrus pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
spinach powderVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
trace elements and beta-caroteneOtherNot given
With a natural antioxidant (mixed tocopherols)OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 22% and carbs about 54%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein19.9%22%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat14.2%16%
Carbohydrate~49%~54%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.1%2.3%
Ash4.8%5.3%
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.

Energy362 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 15

The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (3.6 of 45).

  1. How much meat?

    3.6 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label3.2 / 35 points

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

    • Protein level0.4 / 10 points

      Protein is 22.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    1.9 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 54.4% 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?

    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

Tied 1,077th of 1,171 dry foods. 23 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 54% to 34% 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 27 ingredients.

27 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), carrot, citrus pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), linseed (flaxseed), minerals, peas, potato, salmon, soya oil, spinach, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, vegetable protein extracts, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamins

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 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

Lowest £7.46/kg at Zooplus UK, 33% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 6kg · £89.49 down 1% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 6kg£89.49£7.46/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK6kg · £45.59 down 1% since 10 Aug6kg£45.59£7.60/kgVisit
Jollyes2.5kg · £28.00 up 25% since 10 Aug2.5kg£28.00£11.20/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Jollyes up 25%, Zooplus UK down 1%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Jollyes2.5kg£28.00£11.20/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK6kg£45.59£7.60/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 6kg£89.49£7.46/kg
27 Sep 2026Jollyes2.5kg£28.00£11.20/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK6kg£46.19£7.70/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 6kg£90.69£7.56/kg
10 Aug 2026Jollyes2.5kg£22.40 (out of stock)£8.96/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK6kg£46.19£7.70/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 6kg£90.69£7.56/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 44 to 48 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78.5% this food 9%
Carbs
about 22% this food about 54%
To feed
24% more per 1,000 kcal

+48 pointsCompare

Meat
78% this food 9%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 54%
To feed
40% less per 1,000 kcal

+45 pointsCompare

Meat
76% this food 9%
Carbs
about 26% this food about 54%
To feed
17% less per 1,000 kcal

+44 pointsCompare

Meat
79.5% this food 9%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 54%
To feed
2% less per 1,000 kcal

+44 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Read from 2 shops, saved 4 Oct 2026.

Pages we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Jollyes, Zooplus UK.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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