Hills Science Diet dog food
October 8, 2008 by admin
Filed under Science Diet
Are you interested in an unbiased review of Science Diet dog food? Unlike some veterinarians, I do not make any $$$ from selling this product, hence the reason I can give an unbiased opinion. Hills is a great "marketing" company, and that's about it. Veterinarians make a nice amount of money selling Science diet dog foods. With this being said lets get down to business.Science Diet comes in many different formulas. I am going to take some heat for this next statement but someone has to say it, Right?. The only the thing all these formulas have in common, is that they are crap. For everyone that wants to argue about how good this food is lets take a look at Hills Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal and Rice Recipe.
Hills Science Diet Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal and Rice Recipe
First five Ingredients:
- Lamb Meal
- Brewers Rice
- Rice Flour
- Ground Whole Grain Wheat
- Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
The first ingredient, Lamb Meal, is the only thing this formula of Hills Science Diet dog food has going for it. The primary grain, (remember grains are bad) is Brewers rice, which is considered to be a by-product (Also bad) and a low quality grain. Rice Flour is considered to be a grain fragment and filler, which has no nutritional value. Wheat is used as the fourth ingredient and is probably the worst. Wheat has been found to be the most determining cause of Allergies in dogs. If you ever see this anywhere in the ingredients of a dog food I would suggest putting it back. Also in the ingredients of this formula you will find Corn and Syrup. When looking at dog food brands the first five ingredients are a good indication at the quality of the food. Hills Science dog food rank very close to the bottom of all dog food brands.
Hills Science Diet also makes:
Puppy Formulas:
- Puppy Original - Dry
- Puppy Small Bites - Dry
- Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe - Dry
- Nature's Best® Lamb & Brown Rice Dinner Puppy - Dry
- Nature's Best® Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner Puppy - Dry
- Puppy Large Breed - Dry
- Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Large Breed - Dry
- Treats Puppy Medium Bone with Real Chicken - Treats
Adult Formulas:
- Active Adult - Dry
- Adult Original - Dry
- Adult Small Bites - Dry
- Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Adult - Dry
- Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Adult Small Bites - Dry
- Nature's Best® Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner Adult - Dry
- Nature's Best® Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner Adult Small Bites - Dry
- Nature's Best® Lamb & Brown Rice Dinner Adult - Dry
- Nature's Best® Lamb & Brown Rice Dinner Adult Small Bites - Dry
Mature Adult Formulas:
- Mature Adult 7+ Original - Dry
- Mature Adult 7+ Small Bites - Dry
- Mature Adult 5+ Large Breed - Dry
PROS of Hills Science Diet Dog Food: ???????
CONS of Hills Science Diet Dog Food:
- Horrible Ingredients
- Corn
- Wheat
- By Products
- Pricey
- Unhealthy
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Enzo on Wed, 8th Oct 2008 11:15 pm
So what do you recommend instead?
admin on Thu, 9th Oct 2008 12:02 am
I recommend Innova EVO, Wellness, Canidae and some others. There are a lot of good dog food brands out there. If you want some more information just check out the forum at: http://dogfoodchat.com/forum