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Brand № 04 / 21 · Kibble / retail · Captured 2026-07-25

Hill's Science Diet

Owned by Colgate-Palmolive Kibble / retail 1 recall high

The most data-transparent big brand: publishes full typical dry-matter nutrient tables (calcium, phosphorus, omegas, vitamins) that go far beyond a standard guaranteed analysis, and runs actual AAFCO feeding trials. Major 2019 vitamin D recall in canned foods.

Hill's Science Diet is owned by Colgate-Palmolive. Of the 8 foods we hold, 8 publish a nutrient analysis, 8 a calorie statement, 8 an ingredient list and 8 a nutritional-completeness statement. 8 of those are AAFCO statements. 8 of the AAFCO statements rest on animal feeding tests rather than formulation alone. Those counts are what the transparency mark above records — how we read a label.

Recall history

1 event on record, newest first. The marker is filled where the notice reports illness or death and hollow where it does not; that is read from the notice, not scored. Every event links to its own source.

  1. 2019

  2. 2019-01

    Hill's Science Diet Illness or death reported

    Toxic/elevated vitamin D caused by a supplier vitamin premix error

    Canned dog foods (Science Diet and Prescription Diet); expanded March 2019 to 33 varieties, 22M+ cans

    US and international; dog deaths reported; class action later settled

    Source fda.gov ↗ Captured 2026-07-27 Methodology

All 32 events in the recall tracker

Hill's Science Diet foods in the database

Protein is converted to a dry-matter basis so these rows compare to any other format on the site. The bar under each calorie figure spans the full 123-food range, with the tick at the median, so a bar here means what the same bar means anywhere else.

Hill's Science Diet publishes typical dry-matter nutrient values rather than a guaranteed analysis, so these figures pass through unconverted. Hatched cells are values it does not publish. Scroll horizontally to see all 4 columns.
Food Form Protein DM kcal / kg
Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice Dry kibble 18.7% 3550
Adult Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry kibble 23.8% 3675
Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Dry kibble 23.8% 3675
Adult Perfect Digestion Chicken & Barley Dry kibble 25.1% 3607
Adult Perfect Weight Chicken & Brown Rice Dry kibble 28.8% 3189
Adult Sensitive Stomach & Skin Chicken & Barley Dry kibble 24.8% 3732
Adult Small Bites Chicken & Barley Dry kibble 24% 3683
Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry kibble 27.8% 3747

hillspet.com is the manufacturer's own site and the source everything above was captured from on . Manufacturers reformulate without announcing it, so the bag in your hand outranks this page.

Comparisons featuring Hill's Science Diet

No head-to-head comparison featuring Hill's Science Diet yet — which is a gap in our coverage, not a verdict on the brand. The 6 we have published are here, each with the date it was checked.

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