Hill's Science Diet Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe

Why it is listed

Buy this when you want a U.S. maker page that actually prints an AAFCO feeding-trial sentence for growing puppies, plus a listed 4.5 lb price. If the dog will be large as an adult, use Hill’s Puppy Large Breed SKU instead. Not a homemade diet. Not a vet visit.

Pros & cons

Pros

• hillspet.com Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice PDP 2026-09-02: recommended for puppies up to 1 year and pregnant or nursing dogs; not recommended for adult, Adult 7+, or obese-prone dogs. 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.
• 393 kcal/cup (3747 kcal/kg). Age-banded feeding table in cups and grams. Sizes named: 1 lb, 4.5 lb, 27.5 lb, 35 lb. 7-day transition. Made in Hill’s U.S. facilities with global ingredients (company copy).
• shop.hillspet.com SKU 7133 2026-09-02: one-time $20.99 for the 4.5 lb bag; autoship $19.94 optional, not required. Same family includes Puppy Large Breed Chicken & Brown Rice on hillspet.com (over 55 lb adult, up to 18 months, 391 kcal/cup, calcium 1.16% dry matter on that PDP) — a different SKU.

Cons

• This row is the original Puppy recipe, not Large Breed. Dry-matter calcium on this PDP is 1.54%. Do not treat it as the controlled-calcium large-breed bag. Ask a veterinarian which SKU fits expected adult size.
• ‘U.S. Veterinarians’ #1 Recommended Brand’ on the PDP is marketing. We did not score it. Hill’s June 4, 2026 press page says a team of 200+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists, and food scientists — that is not a WSAVA claim.
• Complete and balanced is a labeled claim, not a homemade recipe. Transition over 7 days as the PDP says. We are not veterinarians.

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