Hill's Science Diet Adult Dry Cat Food - Salmon & Brown Rice

by Hill's Science Diet

Overall Score: 86/100

Ingredients

1. Salmon (protein)
2. Brown Rice (carbohydrate)
3. Corn Protein Meal (other)
4. Chicken Fat (protein)
5. Wheat Gluten (carbohydrate)
6. Whole Grain Wheat (other)
7. Chicken Meal (protein)
8. Pea Protein (protein)
9. Yellow Peas (carbohydrate)
10. Cracked Pearled Barley (other)
11. Whole Grain Corn (other)
12. Whole Grain Oats (other)
13. Dried Beet Pulp (fiber)
14. Chicken Liver Flavor (protein)
15. Lactic Acid (other)
16. Soybean Oil (fat)
17. Calcium Sulfate (other)
18. Potassium Chloride (mineral)
19. Iodized Salt (other)
20. Fish Oil (protein)
21. Choline Chloride (vitamin)
22. vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement (other)
23. L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C) (other)
24. Thiamine Mononitrate (vitamin)
25. Niacin Supplement (vitamin)
26. Calcium Pantothenate (other)
27. Vitamin A Supplement (vitamin)
28. Riboflavin Supplement (vitamin)
29. Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (other)
30. Biotin (vitamin)
31. Vitamin B12 Supplement (vitamin)
32. Folic Acid (vitamin)
33. Vitamin D3 Supplement) (other)
34. Taurine (additive)
35. minerals (Ferrous Sulfate (other)
36. Zinc Oxide (other)
37. Copper Sulfate (other)
38. Manganous Oxide (other)
39. Calcium Iodate (mineral)
40. Sodium Selenite) (other)
41. Mixed Tocopherols for freshness (other)
42. Natural Flavors (additive)

Ingredient concerns

• Wheat Gluten (medium concern): Like corn gluten meal, wheat gluten serves as an inexpensive plant protein that inflates the total protein percentage. It was also at the center of the 2007 pet food recall when melamine-contaminated wheat gluten from China caused widespread kidney failure in pets.
• Pea Protein (medium concern): Plant-based protein concentrates like pea protein can artificially inflate the total protein percentage on guaranteed analysis without providing the same amino acid profile as animal proteins. Associated with the FDA investigation into grain-free diets and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs, though a causal link has not been definitively established.
• Peas (low concern): Peas and other legumes have been associated with the FDA investigation into a potential link between grain-free diets high in legumes and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs. While a definitive causal relationship has not been established, the FDA continues to investigate. Peas are frequently used in grain-free formulations as a primary carbohydrate and protein source.

Dry food, with grains, for the adult life stage.

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