Hill's Science Diet Adult Small and Mini Lamb Meal and Brown Rice

by Hill's Science Diet

Overall Score: 70/100

Ingredients

1. Lamb Meal (protein)
2. Brown Rice (carbohydrate)
3. Brewers Rice (carbohydrate)
4. Whole Grain Corn (other)
5. Wheat Gluten (carbohydrate)
6. Whole Grain Wheat (other)
7. Chicken Fat (protein)
8. Whole Grain Sorghum (other)
9. Cracked Pearled Barley (other)
10. Pea Protein (protein)
11. Chicken Liver Flavor (protein)
12. Dried Beet Pulp (fiber)
13. Soybean Oil (fat)
14. Lactic Acid (other)
15. Potassium Chloride (mineral)
16. Pork Liver Flavor (protein)
17. Flaxseed (fat)
18. Calcium Carbonate (mineral)
19. L-Lysine (other)
20. Iodized Salt (other)
21. Whole Grain Oats (other)
22. DL-Methionine (other)
23. Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) (other)
24. Choline Chloride (vitamin)
25. vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement) (other)
26. Pumpkin (other)
27. Taurine (additive)
28. minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite) (other)
29. Mixed Tocopherols for freshness (other)
30. Natural Flavors (additive)
31. L-Tryptophan (other)
32. L-Threonine (other)
33. Beta-Carotene (other)

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.

Guaranteed analysis (dry-matter basis)

On a dry-matter basis (water removed for a fair wet-vs-dry comparison): protein 23.3%, fat 6.7%, fiber 0%, ash 7.8%, carbohydrate 62.2%. By calories: 22.9% from protein, 16% from fat, 61.1% from carbohydrate.

AAFCO compliance

This food meets the AAFCO adult dog nutrient minimums we can verify — protein 23.3% vs 18% minimum, fat 6.7% vs 5.5% minimum.

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

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