Independent product profile
Hill’s Science Plan Medium Puppy Chicken
A complete dry food in the UK Hill’s Science Plan range. Medium-breed puppies up to 12 months; the source also includes pregnant and nursing dogs.
Product and intended use
A complete dry food in the UK Hill’s Science Plan range. Medium-breed puppies up to 12 months; the source also includes pregnant and nursing dogs.
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 | 27.4% |
| Fat | 17.9% |
| Crude fibre | 1.7% |
| Crude ash | 7.7% |
| Calcium | 1.4% |
| Phosphorus | 1.1% |
Ingredients in context
Chicken and turkey meal (chicken 19%; poultry 29%), rice, brown rice, animal fat, maize, digest, barley and oats, with beet pulp, minerals, linseed, fish oil (0.5%), oat bran and fructo-oligosaccharides.
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?
DHA is declared at 0.06%. Its calcium and DHA declarations differ from the large-breed puppy recipe; similarly named puppy products should not be treated as interchangeable.
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-079. Manufacturer source checked 24 September 2026. Next planned review: 24 December 2026. Review status: initial label appraisal, with product-specific evidence verification outstanding.