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Hill's Science Diet Senior Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag
Hill's Science Diet

Senior Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.47/lb

Hill's Science Diet Senior Adult 7+ Small Bites Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 49/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 49 due to CP_DM=17.2%, CF_DM=11.7%.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Reasonable protein quality. chicken meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

STACK

Score capped at 49 due to CP_DM=17.2%, CF_DM=11.7%.

CAP why?

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
15.5%
min
Fat
10.5%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
33 total
  1. 1 chicken meal
  2. 2 cracked pearled barley
  3. 3 brewers rice
  4. 4 wheat
  5. 5 whole grain corn
  6. 6 sorghum
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 dried beet pulp
  9. 9 oats
  10. 10 chicken liver flavor
  11. 11 soybean meal
  12. 12 soybean oil
  13. 13 lactic acid
  14. 14 flaxseed
  15. 15 potassium chloride
  16. 16 calcium carbonate
  17. 17 pork liver flavor
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 fructooligosaccharides
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 dl-methionine
  22. 22 l-lysine
  23. 23 ferrous sulfate
  24. 24 zinc oxide
  25. 25 copper sulfate

Showing first 25 of 33. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.