Independent product profile
Hill’s Science Plan Light Large Breed Adult Chicken
A complete dry food in the UK Hill’s Science Plan range. Large adult dogs aged 1–5 years with a tendency to gain weight.
Product and intended use
A complete dry food in the UK Hill’s Science Plan range. Large adult dogs aged 1–5 years with a tendency to gain weight.
Declared role: Complete Food.
Source market: UK. This record describes the declaration checked on 24 September 2026. It is not an independent analysis of a purchased batch.
Declared nutritional analysis
Values are as sold. Water content differs between formats; do not rank wet, raw and dry foods from these percentages alone.
| Component | Declared value |
|---|---|
| Protein | 23% |
| Fat | 9.5% |
| Crude fibre | 12.3% |
| Crude ash | 5.2% |
| Calcium | 0.87% |
| Phosphorus | 0.62% |
Ingredients in context
Pea bran meal, chicken and turkey meal (chicken 9%; poultry 14%), maize, wheat, rice, maize protein, digest, cellulose and beet pulp, with oils, linseed, oat bran, pork cartilage and crustacean shell hydrolysate.
This is an editorial summary, not the complete statutory declaration. Check the current pack and official source for the full composition and additives.
Manufacturer claims and product evidence
Hill’s positions this recipe for the life stage and nutritional purpose described above. These are manufacturer claims; this entry has not verified a trial of the current finished formulation.
No published trial of this exact current formulation has been verified for this entry. This is a limit of this review, not a claim that no research exists. Ingredient studies cannot certify the finished food.
What deserves a closer look?
Energy is declared as 3065 kcal/kg. Crude fibre of 12.3% is not total dietary fibre or evidence of a measured weight-loss outcome.
Useful questions for the manufacturer include who formulated the recipe, how nutritional adequacy is checked, whether full nutrient and energy data are available, and whether any cited research used this exact formulation.
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Sources and review status
Official manufacturer product information
Record PRO-074. Manufacturer source checked 24 September 2026. Next planned review: 24 December 2026. Review status: initial label appraisal, with product-specific evidence verification outstanding.