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Hill's Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe No Corn, Wheat or Soy Dry Dog Food, 12.5-lb bag
Hill's Science Diet

Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe No Corn, Wheat or Soy Dry Dog Food, 12.5-lb bag

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AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $4.48/lb

Hill's Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe No Corn, Wheat or Soy Dry Dog Food, 12.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 66/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

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
24.5%
min
Fat
15.5%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
27 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 brown rice
  3. 3 cracked pearled barley
  4. 4 oats
  5. 5 chicken meal
  6. 6 pea protein
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 flaxseed
  9. 9 dried beet pulp
  10. 10 chicken liver flavor
  11. 11 dicalcium phosphate
  12. 12 lactic acid
  13. 13 egg product
  14. 14 fish oil
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 potassium chloride
  17. 17 choline chloride
  18. 18 ferrous sulfate
  19. 19 zinc oxide
  20. 20 copper sulfate
  21. 21 manganous oxide
  22. 22 calcium iodate
  23. 23 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.
  24. 24 taurine
  25. 25 mixed tocopherols for freshness

Showing first 25 of 27. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.