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Hill's Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken & Vegetables & Beef & Vegetables Variety Pack Wet Dog Food Trays, 3.5-oz, case of 12
Hill's Science Diet

Adult Small Paws Chicken & Vegetables & Beef & Vegetables Variety Pack Wet Dog Food Trays, 3.5-oz, case of 12

Evidence Fair
wet adult maintenance $35.88

Hill's Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken & Vegetables & Beef & Vegetables Variety Pack Wet Dog Food Trays, 3.5-oz, case of 12 earns a Sniff Score of 69/100 (B) with Fair evidence. 2 controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with beef & vegetables: water as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with beef & vegetables: water as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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

STACK

Contains guar gum. Emerging microbiome data on emulsifiers; no canine clinical evidence. Minor penalty in canned food..

CIP

Contains added sugar. Nutritionally unjustifiable in any complete dog diet..

CIP

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
4%
min
Fat
2.5%
min
Fiber
2%
max
Moisture
82%
max
Ingredients
77 total
  1. 1 beef & vegetables: water
  2. 2 beef
  3. 3 pork liver
  4. 4 brown rice
  5. 5 carrots
  6. 6 modified rice starch
  7. 7 wheat flour
  8. 8 potato starch
  9. 9 dried beet pulp
  10. 10 pork plasma
  11. 11 dextrose
  12. 12 chicken fat
  13. 13 potato
  14. 14 green peas
  15. 15 spinach
  16. 16 chicken liver flavor
  17. 17 calcium carbonate
  18. 18 guar gum
  19. 19 flaxseed
  20. 20 soybean oil
  21. 21 potassium chloride
  22. 22 caramel color
  23. 23 sodium pyrophosphate
  24. 24 disodium phosphate
  25. 25 sodium hexametaphosphate

Showing first 25 of 77. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.

AAFCO statement

The Hill's Science Diet Adult Small Paws Savory Stew with Beef and vegetable dog food and Adult Small Paws Savory Stew with Chicken and vegetable dog food is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance of adult dogs.