Healthy Advantage is a six-recipe kibble line from Hill's built on chicken and grain. Every recipe lists chicken and egg among its animal proteins, and every one contains grain, with brown rice, whole grain wheat and barley common near the top of the ingredient lists. Five of the six recipes also contain peas or lentils; Adult Oral+ is the exception.
Protein runs from 19.4% in Adult 7+ to 29.7% in Puppy Large Breed, as fed, and fat runs from 14.7% to 22.1%. Calories range from 270 to 445 kcal per cup. The recipes cover puppy, adult and senior life stages, with a small breed adult option and a large breed puppy option.
Against the 1,834 kibbles in our catalog, the line averages 25% protein versus 26.9%, and 376 kcal per cup versus 395. Estimated starch is not available for these recipes, so the line cannot be placed against the catalog average of 37.4% on that measure. The trade-off is variety: chicken and egg are the only animal proteins, and the Adult and Adult Small Bites recipes share identical figures.
| Recipe | Protein | Fat | Starch | Kcal / cup | First ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill’s Healthy Advantage Puppy Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe | 29.7% | 16% | -- | 417 | Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats |
| Hill’s Healthy Advantage Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe | 28.8% | 22.1% | -- | 445 | Chicken, Brown Rice, Soybean Meal |
| Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult Oral+ Chicken Flavor | 24.4% | 14.8% | -- | 270 | Chicken By-Product Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat |
| Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult Small Bites Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe | 23.8% | 15.2% | -- | 377 | Chicken, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Wheat |
| Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe | 23.8% | 15.2% | -- | 377 | Chicken, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Wheat |
| Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult 7+ Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe | 19.4% | 14.7% | -- | 367 | Chicken, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Wheat |
| Line average | 25% | 16.3% | -- | 376 |
All figures as fed, from the guaranteed analysis on each label. Starch is our estimate, since no bag prints it. Highest in the line is marked in bold, lowest in italics.
29.7% protein · 16% fat · 417 kcal/cup · Puppy
Puppy Large Breed has the most protein in the line at 29.7%, as fed, with 16% fat and 417 kcal per cup. Its list leads with chicken, barley, oats and brown rice, and it is sold for large breed puppies.
Full review of Hill’s Healthy Advantage Puppy Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe28.8% protein · 22.1% fat · 445 kcal/cup · Puppy
The standard Puppy recipe carries the line's most fat at 22.1% and most calories at 445 kcal per cup, with 28.8% protein as fed. Soybean meal sits third on its list, and it suits puppies of all breed sizes.
Full review of Hill’s Healthy Advantage Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe24.4% protein · 14.8% fat · 270 kcal/cup · Adult
Adult Oral+ is the only recipe that leads with chicken by-product meal and brewers rice, and the only one without peas or lentils. It has the most fiber at 10.8% and the fewest calories at 270 kcal per cup, as fed, and is sold for adult oral care.
Full review of Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult Oral+ Chicken Flavor23.8% protein · 15.2% fat · 377 kcal/cup · Adult
Adult Small Bites matches the standard Adult recipe at 23.8% protein, 15.2% fat and 377 kcal per cup, as fed. It is the line's only adult recipe listed for small breeds, so it suits owners of small adult dogs.
Full review of Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult Small Bites Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe23.8% protein · 15.2% fat · 377 kcal/cup · Adult
Adult is the line's base recipe, listed for all breed sizes, with 23.8% protein, 15.2% fat and 3,698 kcal per kg, as fed. It leads with chicken, brown rice, wheat and barley, and suits adult dogs whose owners do not need the Small Bites version.
Full review of Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe19.4% protein · 14.7% fat · 367 kcal/cup · Senior
Adult 7+ is the line's senior recipe and has its lowest protein at 19.4% and lowest fat at 14.7%, as fed, with 3.7% fiber and 367 kcal per cup. It suits owners of older dogs who want a grain-inclusive chicken kibble with lighter protein and fat.
Full review of Hill’s Healthy Advantage Adult 7+ Chicken & Brown Rice RecipeNo. All six Healthy Advantage recipes contain grain, such as brown rice, whole grain wheat, barley, oats or corn.
Puppy Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice has the most at 29.7% as fed. The standard Puppy recipe follows at 28.8%, and Adult 7+ has the least at 19.4%.
Five of the six recipes contain peas or lentils. Adult Oral+ Chicken Flavor is the only one without them.
100% of recipes lead with a meat, fish or egg ingredient (89% across the site).
0% of recipes are grain-free.
this range, lowest to highest its average average of all 3,205 foods we review
Starch is our estimate from the guaranteed analysis, since no manufacturer prints it. How we work it out
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