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Hill's Prescription Diet j/d Joint Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 27.5-lb bag
Hill's Prescription Diet

j/d Joint Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 27.5-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $4.84/lb

Hill's Prescription Diet j/d Joint Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 27.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 51/100 (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

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

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

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

PQI

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
17%
min
Fat
11%
min
Fiber
12%
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
31 total
  1. 1 wheat
  2. 2 whole grain corn
  3. 3 flaxseed
  4. 4 chicken meal
  5. 5 corn protein meal
  6. 6 chicken fat
  7. 7 chicken liver flavor
  8. 8 fish oil
  9. 9 powdered cellulose
  10. 10 lactic acid
  11. 11 pork liver flavor
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 l-lysine
  14. 14 calcium carbonate
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 l-threonine
  18. 18 ferrous sulfate
  19. 19 zinc oxide
  20. 20 copper sulfate
  21. 21 manganous oxide
  22. 22 calcium iodate
  23. 23 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.
  24. 24 taurine
  25. 25 l-tryptophan

Showing first 25 of 31. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.