Adult Chicken Recipe
Hill's Science Diet Adult Chicken Recipe is a dry adult cat food with grains. Its first ingredients are chicken, whole grain wheat and corn protein meal. It has an Ingredients score of 52/100, a Nutrition score of 8.1/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $4.00/lb (16 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 26, 2026 · Price checked Oct 27, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Chicken
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Whole Grain Wheat
- 1 / 5
- Wheat
- Corn Protein Meal
- 1 / 5
- Plant protein concentrate
- Whole Grain Corn
- 1 / 5
- Corn
- Chicken Fat
- 4 / 5
- Named animal fat
- Other ingredients
- 3.1 / 5
- Average of the other 21 ingredients
Avoid List
0The label lists none of the additives we count.
The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score
Adult targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 30%
- 4 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 14.5%
- 4.9 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 36.5%
- 2.7 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 4%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
What Is in It
Dry matter means the food with the water taken out. It lets you compare foods with different moisture fairly.
| On the label | Dry matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein (min) | 30% | 32.6% |
| Fat (min) | 14.5% | 15.8% |
| Fiber (max) | 4% | 4.3% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 36.5% | 39.7% |
| Moisture (max) | 8% | - |
| Calories | 3,873 kcal/kg · 483 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
Labels do not list carbohydrates, and this one does not list ash either. We estimate carbohydrates by assuming 7% ash, a typical value for dry cat food, and subtracting everything else from 100.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken, Whole Grain Wheat, Corn Protein Meal, Whole Grain Corn, Chicken Fat, Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Dried Beet Pulp, Soybean Meal, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Lactic Acid, Fish Oil, Calcium Sulfate, Potassium Chloride, L-Lysine, Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, Whole Grain Oats, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Natural Flavors, Beta-Carotene
Estimated Monthly Cost
By your cat's weight, using the maker's daily amount and the cheapest bag. Your cat may eat more or less.
The maker gives the daily amount as a range by weight. We worked out the amount for each weight from that range, so it is an estimate.
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Similar Price, Better Ingredients
Same age group, a higher Ingredients score, a Nutrition score no more than 0.5 lower and no more unwanted additives, at most 20% more per pound.
Last checked: Oct 26, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction