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Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care with Chicken Dry Dog Food, 8.5-lb bag
Hill's Prescription Diet

k/d Kidney Care with Chicken Dry Dog Food, 8.5-lb bag

Evidence Limited
dry $6.70/lb

Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care with Chicken Dry Dog Food, 8.5-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=13.3%, CF_DM=20.0%.

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

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