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Hill's Science Diet Senior Adult 7+ Small Breed & Mini Breed Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15.5-lb bag
Hill's Science Diet

Senior Adult 7+ Small Breed & Mini Breed Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15.5-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.93/lb

Hill's Science Diet Senior Adult 7+ Small Breed & Mini Breed Chicken Meal, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15.5-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=17.8%, CF_DM=11.1%.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Reasonable protein quality. chicken 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=17.8%, CF_DM=11.1%.

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
16%
min
Fat
10%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
37 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 brown rice
  3. 3 wheat
  4. 4 whole grain corn
  5. 5 brewers rice
  6. 6 sorghum
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 soybean meal
  9. 9 chicken meal
  10. 10 soybean mill run
  11. 11 chicken liver flavor
  12. 12 flaxseed
  13. 13 pork liver flavor
  14. 14 lactic acid
  15. 15 soybean oil
  16. 16 oats
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 fructooligosaccharides
  20. 20 calcium carbonate
  21. 21 lipoic acid
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 pumpkin
  24. 24 l-lysine
  25. 25 dl-methionine

Showing first 25 of 37. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.