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Hill's Science Diet Hill's Science Diet Adult Tender Tuna Dinner Review

Hill's Science Diet Canned Cat Food Review

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Ingredient Analysis

When evaluating a cat food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.

Hill's Science Diet Hill's Science Diet Adult Tender Tuna Dinner includes the following:

Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.

Although not the first product listed (which is the most plentiful), Hill's Science Diet Hill's Science Diet Adult Tender Tuna Dinner does contain with its top ingredients tuna, chicken and pork liver which are considered quality protein sources.

Additionally, Hill's Science Diet Hill's Science Diet Adult Tender Tuna Dinner also contains as top ingredients wheat flour. These types of ingredients are typically used as bulk-adding fillers and are not required in your cat's diet.

Please also be aware that this product contains guar gum, which is an additive that some experts claim may be a possible contributor to certain medical conditions in cats.

Allergen alert: This product contains tuna, fish oil, wheat gluten, soybean oil and egg flavor which may be problematic for cats who suffer from seafood, wheat gluten, soy or eggs food allergies.

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Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 3126 cat foods in our database, Hill's Science Diet Hill's Science Diet Adult Tender Tuna Dinner has:

• an average amount of protein
• more carbohydrates than average
• an average amount of fat
• significantly less fiber than average

In general, cats have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.

Calorie Breakdown

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All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on January 20, 2019.

The authoritative source for ingredient lists and nutritional analysis for any pet food is always the pet food manufacturer.

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Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the cat food manufacturer:

Water, Tuna, Chicken, Pork Liver, Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Modified Rice Starch, Oat Fiber, Wheat Gluten, Pork Plasma, Soybean Oil, Glycine, Titanium Dioxide Color, Egg Flavor, Fish Oil, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Cysteine, Vitamins (vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid (source Of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source Of Vitamin K), Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Iron Oxide Color, Guar Gum, Calcium Chloride, Taurine, Dicalcium Phosphate, Iodized Salt, Dl-methionine, Minerals (zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate), Caramel Color, Beta-carotene.

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*Note that some nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each cat food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber, moisture and ash in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Exact nutritional percentages are not available and hence all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values.

Although a high score may be indicative of a higher-quality product it is not a guarantee. Similarly, a low score may or may not indicate an inferior product. The best food for your cat is the one that meets their individual needs.

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