k/d Kidney Care Variety Pack Wet & Dry Dog Food
Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care Variety Pack Wet & Dry Dog Food earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 2 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.
Graded by The Sniff System
Strong protein profile with chicken dry food: brown rice as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
Contains guar gum. Emerging microbiome data on emulsifiers; no canine clinical evidence. Minor penalty in canned food..
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 →
- 1 chicken dry food: brown rice
- 2 brewers rice
- 3 pork fat
- 4 cracked pearled barley
- 5 chicken protein animal
- 6 egg product protein animal
- 7 dried beet pulp fiber
- 8 sorghum grain
- 9 corn gluten meal protein plant
- 10 chicken liver flavor
- 11 soybean oil
- 12 fish oil fat
- 13 calcium carbonate mineral
- 14 lactic acid
- 15 l-lysine supplement
- 16 pork liver flavor
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 potassium citrate
- 19 dl-methionine supplement
- 20 l-threonine
- 21 choline chloride supplement
- 22 salt mineral
- 23 taurine supplement
- 24 magnesium oxide mineral
- 25 ferrous sulfate mineral
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