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

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

Evidence Limited
dry $7.06/lb

Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care with Lamb 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

Reasonable protein quality. brown rice delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

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
38 total
  1. 1 brown rice
  2. 2 brewers rice
  3. 3 chicken fat
  4. 4 lamb
  5. 5 soybean meal
  6. 6 cracked pearled barley
  7. 7 dried beet pulp
  8. 8 egg product
  9. 9 hydrolyzed chicken flavor
  10. 10 fish oil
  11. 11 soybean oil
  12. 12 pork liver flavor
  13. 13 lactic acid
  14. 14 l-lysine
  15. 15 calcium carbonate
  16. 16 calcium sulfate
  17. 17 potassium citrate
  18. 18 betaine
  19. 19 oats
  20. 20 dl-methionine
  21. 21 potassium chloride
  22. 22 fructooligosaccharides
  23. 23 choline chloride
  24. 24 l-threonine
  25. 25 salt

Showing first 25 of 38. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.