Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Small & Mini Chicken & Barley Entrée Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 5.8 oz cans, complete and balanced for senior dogs. With the water taken out it is 16% protein and 9% fat, and each can carries 174 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for senior dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
- 5.8 oz can
- 78% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Water
Plain water, used to make the recipe mixable and, in wet food, to fill the can.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Cracked Pearled Barley
Pearled barley broken into smaller pieces so it cooks and digests more quickly.
Pork Liver
The liver of the pig, an organ meat.
Whole Grain Corn
Corn kernels ground with the bran, germ and endosperm still intact, rather than the degermed endosperm used in refined corn…
Our read The ingredients
A grain-heavy senior can with small omega extras
Signature feature
Adult 7+ formula
Hill's Science Diet Adult 7+ Small & Mini Chicken & Barley Entrée
What it is Hill's age-tuned version of its small-breed wet recipe. The senior touches are flaxseed and fish oil at 11th and 12th, with lipoic acid and L-carnitine after the salt.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
AAFCO sets no senior nutrient profile, so 7+ is Hill's own target. The age-minded extras are flaxseed, fish oil and small additions, while protein stays low for a dog trying to hold muscle.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Barley and corn sit third and fifth, with corn protein meal eighth. Grain carries this can, and half its calories come from carbohydrate.
- 3 cracked pearled barley
- 5 whole grain corn
- 8 corn protein meal
- 17 Salt
What’s in the can
- First ingredient
- Water, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
- First meat
- chicken, second on the list. Named meats near the top: chicken and pork liver.
- Thickeners and binders
- None we recognize.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the can, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,065 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 3.5%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 2.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 2.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
174 kcal per 5.8 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Water, chicken, cracked pearled barley, pork liver, whole grain corn, dried whey, dried beet pulp, corn protein meal, soybean oil, chicken liver flavor, flaxseed, fish oil, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin c), thiamine mononitrate, niacin supplement, calcium pantothenate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, biotin, folic acid), choline chloride, iodized salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., dicalcium phosphate, lipoic acid, DL-methionine, taurine, minerals (ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, calcium iodate), L-tryptophan, L-carnitine, beta-carotene
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.
Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.
| NUTRIENT | ON THE LABEL | WATER OUT | WET FOOD MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 3.5% | 15.9% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 2.0% | 9.1% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 2.0% | 9.1% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 56.8% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
Our read The label
A low-protein, grain-forward can for older small dogs
10g
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How was it proven?
Feeding trial
Hill's fed it to dogs under AAFCO test rules, the stronger route. The claim covers adult maintenance, so it is not meant for puppies.
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Protein runs well under half the 42% wet-food average we list on a dry basis, and carbohydrate runs about double that average.
- Feed it to
- Small dogs 7 and older that do well on chicken, pork and grain and benefit from extra water in the bowl.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken, dairy or corn, and older dogs losing muscle that need more protein.
What a can costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 oz | $2.49LIVE | $6.92 | PetSmart |
| 6.4 oz | $2.49 | $6.23 | PetSmart lowest of 3 stores |
Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 25. Others are from our check on Sep 30. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,065 kcal per kg, 174 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
4 FDA Recalls On Record
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None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
Similar recipes from other brands
Other wet food recipes with the closest protein, fat and moisture as fed, the way the label prints them. Prescription diets are left out.
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