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Hill's Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction/Management Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 8.5-lb bag
Hill's Prescription Diet

r/d Weight Reduction/Management Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 8.5-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $6.12/lb

Hill's Prescription Diet r/d Weight Reduction/Management Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 8.5-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

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Plant-protein-dominated formula. whole grain corn as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

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
28%
min
Fat
6.5%
min
Fiber
16%
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
44 total
  1. 1 whole grain corn
  2. 2 corn gluten meal
  3. 3 chicken by-product meal
  4. 4 powdered cellulose
  5. 5 soybean meal
  6. 6 soybean mill run
  7. 7 chicken liver flavor
  8. 8 dried beet pulp
  9. 9 pork liver flavor
  10. 10 soybean oil
  11. 11 lactic acid
  12. 12 caramel color
  13. 13 flaxseed
  14. 14 chicken fat
  15. 15 l-lysine
  16. 16 calcium carbonate
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 potassium citrate
  20. 20 salt
  21. 21 vitamin e supplement
  22. 22 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
  23. 23 niacin supplement
  24. 24 thiamine mononitrate
  25. 25 vitamin a supplement

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