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Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care + j/d Joint Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 18.7-lb bag
Hill's Prescription Diet

k/d Kidney Care + j/d Joint Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 18.7-lb bag

Evidence Limited
dry $6.26/lb

Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care + j/d Joint Care Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 18.7-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 49/100 (C) with Limited 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 fermentable fiber.

CQI

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?

Score capped at 49 due to CP_DM=17.0%, CF_DM=26.2%.

CAP why?

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
15.3%
min
Fat
23.6%
min
Fiber
3.9%
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
40 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 chicken fat
  3. 3 flaxseed
  4. 4 chicken
  5. 5 egg product
  6. 6 fish oil
  7. 7 hydrolyzed chicken flavor
  8. 8 powdered cellulose
  9. 9 corn gluten meal
  10. 10 dried beet pulp
  11. 11 pork liver flavor
  12. 12 calcium carbonate
  13. 13 lactic acid
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 l-lysine
  16. 16 betaine
  17. 17 lipoic acid
  18. 18 potassium citrate
  19. 19 oats
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 l-threonine
  22. 22 dl-methionine
  23. 23 fructooligosaccharides
  24. 24 calcium sulfate
  25. 25 salt

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