Hill's Prescription Diet
Brain Care + j/d Joint Care Chicken Dry Dog Food, 8.5-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $6.94/lb
Hill's Prescription Diet Brain Care + j/d Joint Care Chicken Dry Dog Food, 8.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 50/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Plant-protein-dominated formula. brewers rice as the #1 ingredient.
PQI
−17
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.
Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
16.5%
min
Fat
11%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
38 total - 1 brewers rice
- 2 wheat grain
- 3 whole grain corn grain
- 4 flaxseed fat
- 5 chicken protein animal
- 6 chicken meal protein animal
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 soybean meal protein plant
- 9 hydrolyzed chicken flavor
- 10 corn protein meal
- 11 fish oil fat
- 12 pork liver flavor
- 13 carrots vegetable
- 14 dried tomato pomace
- 15 dried citrus pulp
- 16 lactic acid
- 17 spinach vegetable
- 18 calcium carbonate mineral
- 19 salt mineral
- 20 lipoic acid
- 21 potassium chloride mineral
- 22 choline chloride supplement
- 23 l-lysine supplement
- 24 dl-methionine supplement
- 25 taurine supplement
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