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Hill's Science Diet

Hairball Control

Evidence Limited
dry

Hill's Science Diet Hairball Control earns a Sniff Score of 35/100 (D) with Limited evidence. 2 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

Contains carrageenan. Plausible rodent colitis mechanism, no direct canine clinical evidence at food-grade levels. Concern elevated for dogs with IBD..

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • carrageenan
    Seaweed-derived thickener; some studies link it to gastrointestinal inflammation. Most common in wet foods but appears in some kibble gravies.

Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
n/a
min
Fat
n/a
min
Fiber
n/a
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
32 total
  1. 1 water
  2. 2 chicken
  3. 3 turkey giblets
  4. 4 pork by-products
  5. 5 pork liver
  6. 6 powdered cellulose
  7. 7 corn starch
  8. 8 corn gluten meal
  9. 9 wheat flour
  10. 10 chicken fat
  11. 11 soybean oil
  12. 12 chicken liver flavor
  13. 13 natural flavor
  14. 14 dicalcium phosphate
  15. 15 brewers dried yeast
  16. 16 guar gum
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 locust bean gum
  21. 21 carrageenan ⚠ Seaweed-derived thickener; some studies link it to gastrointestinal inflammation. Most common in wet foods but appears in some kibble gravies.
  22. 22 taurine
  23. 23 calcium carbonate
  24. 24 zinc oxide
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

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