Hill's Prescription Diet
w/d Multi-Benefit Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 27.5-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $4.87/lb
Hill's Prescription Diet w/d Multi-Benefit Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food, 27.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 52/100 (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
+16
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
Plant-protein-dominated formula. wheat as the #1 ingredient.
PQI
−16
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
16.5%
min
Fat
9.5%
min
Fiber
20%
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
47 total - 1 wheat grain
- 2 powdered cellulose fiber
- 3 chicken meal protein animal
- 4 whole grain corn grain
- 5 corn gluten meal protein plant
- 6 chicken fat fat
- 7 cracked pearled barley
- 8 oats grain
- 9 chicken liver flavor
- 10 dried beet pulp fiber
- 11 pork liver flavor
- 12 lactic acid
- 13 soybean oil
- 14 caramel color
- 15 flaxseed fat
- 16 choline chloride supplement
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 glyceryl monostearate
- 19 potassium citrate
- 20 salt mineral
- 21 l-lysine supplement
- 22 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 23 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- 24 niacin supplement vitamin
- 25 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
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