Hill's Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe

On a dry-matter basis this recipe is 27.8% protein and 19% fat, at 3,747 kcal per kilogram (393 kcal per cup). Its adequacy statement says animal feeding tests substantiate the recipe, which is the rarer of the two AAFCO wordings.

Label nutrition data

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 · Brown Rice · Whole Grain Wheat · Chicken Meal · Chicken Fat · Whole Grain Corn · Whole Grain Oats · Pea Protein

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 Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe provides complete and balanced nutrition for growing puppies and gestating or lactating adult female 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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Source hillspet.com ↗ · Captured 2026-07-25 · Methodology