Label analysisTop ingredients onlyGrade CKibble (Extruded)

Hill's

Hill's Adult Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food | Hill's Science Diet

Editor ingredient insight

Hill’s Adult Salmon & Brown Rice leads with salmon, barley, and brown rice, with strong omega-3 disclosure. I would use it for salmon-and-grain tolerant dogs needing coat support, not for grain avoidance or high-meat-density expectations.

Logic-based verdict

This food can stay in comparison, but ingredient quality still needs a more conservative read.

Manufacturer-independentPublic-data basedIngredients · nutrition · safety

Protein source

Ingredient guide

Ingredient list unavailable

Animal protein

Salmon (#1)

The top 3 alone cannot confirm whether plant protein support appears later.

Foods with limited ingredient disclosure stay unconfirmed.

Needs context

Ingredient grade

C

Grade C

Top ingredient profile

Salmon
Cracked Pearled Barley
Brown Rice
Fresh-meat leadNo plant booster
Crude protein25%
Crude protein25%
Crude fat15.5%
Other 60%

Calcium

1%

Phosphorus

0.7%

Sodium

0.4%

Protein position, fat position, and calorie density position are relative to foods in the same processing type cohort.

biotechProtein position
Typical
query_statsFat position
Typical
local_fire_departmentCalorie density
Typical

There is enough public data to keep this food in comparison, but the top ingredient structure does not support a stronger positive claim yet.

Nutritional strengths

  • A fish-protein lead can be worth reviewing when you are trying to avoid a specific land-meat protein.
  • The first ingredient is a species-named fresh meat.
  • Crude protein does not drop into a clearly low band.
  • Top ingredients do not show a prominent FDA-investigated non-hereditary DCM ingredient profile.

What still needs work

  • The first ingredient is a species-named fresh meat, but grains follow immediately after it, so the recipe reads more mixed than meat-led.
  • Public data is usable, but not at the highest-trust tier.

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Plant-protein boosted

Label score

4.5/5

Grade A

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Plant-protein boosted

Label score

3.5/5

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Adult Oral Care Chicken, Brown Rice & Barley Recipe Dog Food | Hill's Science Diet

Adult

Label score

3.0/5

Grade C

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Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe | Hill's Science Diet

Puppy

Plant-protein boosted

Label score

3.0/5

Grade C

Brand context

Brand background availableRecall history confirmed

Founded in 1907 in the United States. This brand has a confirmed recall history. The most recent public recall noted here was the 2019 vitamin D incident.

Ingredient analysis

Only the top ingredient read is confirmed publicly, so this section stays conservative until the full panel is available.

Top ingredients only

The complete ingredient panel is not publicly confirmed, so this read uses the visible top ingredients and guaranteed analysis.

restaurantIngredient Quality Analysis

C3/6
Ingredient Grade
Mixed
1Salmon
Fresh Meat · Top
2Cracked Pearled Barley
Semi-Refined Grain · Mid
3Brown Rice
Whole Grain · Upper

Ingredient Analysis Comments

  • •Salmon is a named fresh meat ingredient. The animal source is clearly identified. It reads as an top-tier protein source.
  • •Cracked Pearled Barley is disclosed, but its role is not explicit enough to count as a strong quality signal. It reads as an mid-tier carb source.
  • •Brown Rice is a whole or coarse grain ingredient. It usually plays more of a carbohydrate and fiber role than a core protein role. It reads as an upper-tier carb and fiber source.
restaurantIngredient Grade CMixed

Full collected ingredient list

3 ingredients
SalmonCracked Pearled BarleyBrown Rice
Primary positive ingredients
Support positive ingredients
Alternative protein
Neutral ingredients
Caution ingredients
High-caution ingredients

Why did the base review land here?

Ingredient qualityNutrient disclosure levelManufacturing & trust

This review score combines ingredient composition, nutrient disclosure, manufacturing trust, and core nutrient caution signals.

Nutrient disclosure

Partial disclosure

Core guaranteed analysis is usable, but deeper rows still need a more cautious read.

Safety verification

No fails

No major red flag jumps out first, though undisclosed rows still define the limits of this safety read.

Public data trust (ETF)

C1 tier

There is a usable disclosure baseline, but the public record is still fairly thin.

Final word

There is enough here to keep the food in comparison, but not enough to stop comparing yet.

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