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Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Barley

Dry kibble adult Feeding trials

On a dry-matter basis this recipe is 25.1% protein and 14.3% fat, at 3,607 kcal per kilogram (368 kcal per cup). Its adequacy statement says animal feeding tests substantiate the recipe, which is the rarer of the two AAFCO wordings.

Composition as sold · 0–100% of the food by weight

The strip is hatched end to end because it cannot be drawn. A composition strip is a share of the food as sold, and Hill's Science Diet publishes typical values on a dry-matter basis with no moisture figure — so there is no as-sold total for these numbers to be a share of.

Label nutrition data

Typical analysis as Hill's Science Diet publishes it — on a dry-matter basis, and not a set of guaranteed minimums. Hill's Science Diet publishes no moisture figure for this recipe, so the as-fed and per-1,000-kcal columns cannot be derived from it. Hatched cells are values Hill's Science Diet does not publish. Scroll horizontally — 4 columns. Published source ↗
Nutrient Typical, dry matter As fed g / 1,000 kcal
Crude protein (typical) 25.1% — —
Crude fat (typical) 14.3% — —
Crude fibre (typical) 2.1% — —
Moisture (typical) — — —
Omega-6 fatty acids (typical) 3.66% — —
Omega-3 fatty acids (typical) 0.52% — —
Carbohydrate (estimated) — — —

First ingredients

Ingredients are listed by weight before cooking, so the first few describe most of what the recipe is made of — and nothing about the quality of any of them.

Chicken · Cracked Pearled Barley · Brown Rice · Brewers Rice · Whole Grain Oats · Whole Grain Corn · Corn Protein Meal · Chicken Meal

First 8 of the published list, in the manufacturer's order. The full list is on Hill's Science Diet's product page ↗ .

AAFCO statement

“Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Barley Recipe provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult dogs.”

Quoted verbatim from Hill's Science Diet's published label data, and not scored.

The two wordings are different claims. Formulated to meet means the recipe was matched to an AAFCO nutrient profile on paper. Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate means the finished food was fed to dogs under a defined protocol — a minimum of eight dogs over twenty-six weeks. Both are legal standards of adequacy; only one involved dogs, and neither is a statement about ingredient quality. We quote whichever appears verbatim, and weight it in the score above: 20 points for a feeding trial, 12 for a formulation claim.

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The label, charted

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Label data chart for Hill's Science Diet Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Barley: on a dry-matter basis, protein 25.1%, fat 14.3%, carbohydrate could not be estimated. Not scored — too little published.
Dry-matter basis · Manufacturer's label ↗

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Source hillspet.com ↗ Captured 2026-07-25 Methodology