Hill's Prescription Diet
Metabolic Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 27.5-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $4.87/lb
Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 27.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 47/100 (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 carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
Plant-protein-dominated formula. wheat as the #1 ingredient.
PQI
−18
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
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 →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
24%
min
Fat
9%
min
Fiber
15%
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
31 total - 1 wheat grain
- 2 whole grain corn grain
- 3 chicken meal protein animal
- 4 powdered cellulose fiber
- 5 soybean meal protein plant
- 6 corn gluten meal protein plant
- 7 dried beet pulp fiber
- 8 dried tomato pomace
- 9 hydrolyzed chicken flavor
- 10 chicken fat fat
- 11 flaxseed fat
- 12 coconut oil fat
- 13 lactic acid
- 14 dl-methionine supplement
- 15 l-lysine supplement
- 16 carrots vegetable
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 salt mineral
- 19 lipoic acid
- 20 choline chloride supplement
- 21 manganese sulfate mineral
- 22 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 23 zinc oxide
- 24 copper sulfate mineral
- 25 calcium iodate mineral
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