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Hill's Prescription Diet h/d Heart Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag
Hill's Prescription Diet

h/d Heart Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $5.68/lb

Hill's Prescription Diet h/d Heart Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 48/100 (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 carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Score capped at 49 due to CP_DM=16.1%, CF_DM=18.3%.

CAP why?

Plant-protein-dominated formula. wheat as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic 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
14.5%
min
Fat
16.5%
min
Fiber
2.5%
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
30 total
  1. 1 wheat
  2. 2 whole grain corn
  3. 3 chicken fat
  4. 4 chicken by-product meal
  5. 5 cracked pearled barley
  6. 6 corn protein meal
  7. 7 soybean meal
  8. 8 chicken liver flavor
  9. 9 soybean oil
  10. 10 lactic acid
  11. 11 pork liver flavor
  12. 12 calcium carbonate
  13. 13 potassium citrate
  14. 14 l-lysine
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 taurine
  17. 17 dl-methionine
  18. 18 magnesium oxide
  19. 19 ferrous sulfate
  20. 20 zinc oxide
  21. 21 copper sulfate
  22. 22 manganous oxide
  23. 23 calcium iodate
  24. 24 sodium selenite ⚠ Synthetic 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.
  25. 25 salt

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