Hill’s Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Rice Entrée Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 12.8 oz cans, complete and balanced for adult dogs. With the water taken out it is 21% protein and 10% fat, and each can carries 371 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for adult dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
- 12.8 oz can
- 78% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken Broth
The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Green Beans
The immature pod and seed of the common bean, used fresh or dried.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Turkey
The clean flesh of the turkey, with or without skin, used fresh.
Carrots
The root of the carrot plant, used fresh, cooked or dried.
Our read The ingredients
A sensible fiber mix in a broth-heavy stew
Signature feature
ActivBiome+
Contains ActivBiome+, an exclusive blend of prebiotics, with added pumpkin
What it is Hill's name for a fiber mix spread down the list: ground pecan shells 11th, flaxseed 15th, dried beet pulp 17th, dried citrus pulp 19th and pumpkin 23rd.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Beet and citrus pulp are fermentable fibers that gut bacteria feed on, and pecan shells add bulk that firms stools. It's a sound, ordinary stool-quality mix, not an exclusive breakthrough.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Broth and green beans come before the chicken. Pumpkin, the one fiber Hill's names, sits 23rd, below the choline.
- 1 Chicken Broth
- 2 Green Beans
- 3 Chicken
- 23 Pumpkin
What’s in the can
- First ingredient
- Chicken Broth, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
- First meat
- Chicken, third on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Turkey.
- Thickeners and binders
- Potato Starch, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan and Guar Gum. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement). Why we flag these.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the can, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,024 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 4.7%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 2.3%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.5%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
371 kcal per 12.8 oz can.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the can prints it, heaviest first
Chicken Broth, Green Beans, Chicken, Turkey, Carrots, Rice, Pork Liver, Potato Starch, Hydrolyzed Chicken Flavor, Egg Whites, Ground Pecan Shells, Potassium Chloride, Fish Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Flaxseed, Egg Product, Dried Beet Pulp, Locust Bean Gum, Dried Citrus Pulp, Carrageenan, Disodium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Pumpkin, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Pressed Cranberries, Magnesium Oxide, Guar Gum, 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 the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.
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 | 4.7% | 21.4% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 2.3% | 10.5% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.5% | 6.8% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 52.3% | - |
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
Half the protein of a typical wet food
46g
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Is it a high-protein food?
No
Roughly half the protein of the average wet food we list, on a dry basis. Broth, green beans and rice fill the space meat would.
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Where do the calories come from?
Carbs lead
About 42% of the calories come from carbohydrate, 31% from fat and 26% from protein. That's a starchy profile for a can.
- Feed it to
- Healthy adults with loose stools or a touchy gut that do well on chicken, rice and vegetables.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken, turkey, pork or egg, and owners who want a high-protein wet food.
What a can costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.8 oz | $4.49LIVE | $5.61 | PetSmart |
Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 25. 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 (1,024 kcal per kg, 371 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.
Lower-priced alternative
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