Hill's Science Diet
Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Dry Dog Food, 45-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.33/lb
Hill's Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Dry Dog Food, 45-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 67/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+16
Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+15
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
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
20%
min
Fat
11.5%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
32 total - 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 cracked pearled barley
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 brewers rice
- 5 wheat grain
- 6 whole grain corn grain
- 7 corn protein meal
- 8 chicken meal protein animal
- 9 chicken fat fat
- 10 chicken liver flavor
- 11 soybean meal protein plant
- 12 dried beet pulp fiber
- 13 soybean oil
- 14 lactic acid
- 15 flaxseed fat
- 16 pork liver flavor
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 salt mineral
- 19 oats grain
- 20 fructooligosaccharides fiber
- 21 choline chloride supplement
- 22 calcium carbonate mineral
- 23 taurine supplement
- 24 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 25 zinc oxide
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