Hill’s Science Diet Puppy Small & Mini Beef & Barley Entrée Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 5.8 oz cans, complete and balanced for puppies. With the water taken out it is 32% protein and 20% fat, and each can carries 223 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for puppies (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.
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Whole Grain Corn
Corn kernels ground with the bran, germ and endosperm still intact, rather than the degermed endosperm used in refined corn…
Cracked Pearled Barley
Pearled barley broken into smaller pieces so it cooks and digests more quickly.
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
- Beef, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Beef, Chicken and Pork Liver.
- Thickeners and binders
- None we recognize.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement). Why we flag these.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the can, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,360 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 7.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 4.5%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
223 kcal per 5.8 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Water, Beef, Chicken, Whole Grain Corn, Cracked Pearled Barley, Pork Liver, Soybean Meal, Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Ground Pecan Shells, 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., Fish Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Flaxseed, Dried Beet Pulp, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Dried Citrus Pulp, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Pressed Cranberries, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), 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 | 7.0% | 31.8% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 4.5% | 20.5% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.5% | 6.8% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 31.8% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,360 kcal per kg, 223 kcal per can). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
4 FDA Recalls On Record
Canned Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
Canned Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
Canned Dog Food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
Science Diet Adult Small & Toy Breed dry dog food (62 bags) Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
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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