veterinary diet
This is a medical nutrition decision. Speak to your vet.
This is a veterinary diet product: a "dietetic" feed designed for a particular nutritional purpose and intended for use under veterinary direction. The score and figures below are readings of the label, the same as for any other food: they can't tell you whether this product is right for your dog.
Hill's i/d Stress Mini Dog Food
Dry Extruded complete veterinary diet Clear label
Is Hill's i/d Stress Mini Dog Food a good dog food?
We score it 21/100 (Poor). The main reasons are set out in "Why you might not" below, and every step of the calculation is shown under "How we calculated this score".
Why this score?
The overall score for this product is 21 out of 100. Undeclared ingredient shares contributed -9.4 points, as the recipe lists several ingredients without printed percentages, making it harder to judge their true weight in the formula. The processing format contributed -6.7 points, and the overall quality of the ingredient list contributed -5.3 points. Lower-quality ingredients contributed -4.4 points, pulling the rating down further. This is a general explanation of how the score works, not veterinary advice. For any health condition, food choice is a decision for your vet.
89% of this recipe has no printed percentage. Estimated shares are model estimates, not label facts.
- Recipe21
- Nutritionalhigh90
- Transparency60
- Safety100
- Evidencemoderate100
The Recipe score measures how attractive and transparent the declared ingredient list is. It is not, by itself, proof that the food is nutritionally appropriate for long-term feeding. The Nutritional and Evidence scores measure what we can verify towards that stronger claim.
Complete extruded dry food for adult dogs, with cereals, meat and animal derivatives and chicken as the main ingredients.
Why you might choose it
- Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
- Low in fat for its format: 9% fat on a dry-matter basis.
- Declares energy content, which most labels omit.
Why you might not
- 8 poor-graded ingredients make up about 67% of the recipe.
Estimated composition
Typical analysis (as fed)
- Protein
- 23.90%
- Fat
- 8.10%
- Fibre
- 2.20%
- Ash
- 5.50%
- Moisture
- 9%
- Carbohydrates
- 51.90%
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- 0.70%
- Calcium
- 0.81%
- Phosphorus
- 0.59%
- Sodium
- 0.41%
Energy: 335 kcal/100g
Dry matter basis
- Protein
- 26.30%
- Fat
- 8.90%
- Fibre
- 2.40%
- Ash
- 6%
- Carbohydrates
- 57%
Additives & feeding info
Nutritional additives
3b103 (Iron) 74.0 mg/kg; 3b202 (Iodine) 1.8 mg/kg; 3b405 (Copper) 7.3 mg/kg; 3b502 (Manganese) 7.7 mg/kg; 3b603 (Zinc) 130 mg/kg; 3b801 (Selenium) 0.2 mg/kg
Technological additives
Natural antioxidant
Storage
Food Type dry
Feeding guide
Feed only this food. Feed the correct daily amount shown according to dog's size. Adjust amount to maintain optimum weight; the amount may be divided into 2+ meals/day. Recommended time of use: reduction of intestinal absorptive disorders and compensation for maldigestion: initially up to 12 weeks, but lifetime in cases of chronic pancreatic insufficiency; support in stressful situations: initially up to 2 months. Fresh water should be available at all times.
Who is this food for?
Suits
- Labelled by the manufacturer for adult dogs
- Labelling or feeding guide is aimed at small dogs
- Doesn't list beef, turkey, lamb, venison, pork, duck as ingredients
Consider something else if:
- Your dog avoids chicken: the label lists chicken
- Your dog avoids fish: the label lists fish oil
- Your dog avoids grain: the label lists cereals
- You want a single-protein recipe: this one lists more than one animal protein
These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Use the homepage filter to find foods that fit your dog.
Ingredients (14)
| # | As declared | Matched | Category | Tier | Declared % | Est. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cereals | Cereals | carb | poor | - | 11.5 |
| 2 | meat and animal derivatives | Meat and Animal Derivatives | meat | poor | - | 11.0 |
| 3 | chicken 9% | Chicken | meat | medium | 9 | 9.0 |
| 4 | vegetable protein extracts | Vegetable protein extracts | carb | poor | - | 10.4 |
| 5 | derivatives of vegetable origin | Vegetable By-Products | other | poor | - | 9.8 |
| 6 | oils and fats | Oils and Fats | oil | poor | - | 9.2 |
| 7 | 0.5% fish oil | Fish Oil | oil | good | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 8 | seeds | Seeds | veg | poor | - | 8.7 |
| 9 | minerals | Vitamins and minerals | supplement | medium | - | 8.1 |
| 10 | vegetables | Vegetables | veg | medium | - | 7.5 |
| 11 | ginger 1% | Ginger | veg | good | 1 | 1.0 |
| 12 | fruit | Fruit | veg | medium | - | 6.9 |
| 13 | milk and milk derivatives | Milk and Milk Derivatives | other | poor | - | 6.3 |
| 14 | 0.1% milk protein hydrolysate | Protein Hydrolysate | other | poor | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Brand
- Website
- https://www.hillspet.co.uk/
- Address
- Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. Goldsworth Place 1 Forge End Woking GU21 6DB
- Contact page
- www.hillspet.co.uk
Trust and provenance
- Recall history
- No recalls recorded in our database
- Label data last checked
- 2026-09-15
- Scored with
- Model v3 (methodology)
- Product page
- www.hillspet.co.uk
Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.
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Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated
Scored with model v3 on 2026-10-06. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.
| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 30.909 | +30.91 |
| Average ingredient quality | -0.6 | 9.191 | -5.26 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 4.8% | 0.096 | +0.46 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 37.0% | -0.115 | -4.26 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 18.5% | -0.092 | -1.70 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 8.4% | -0.005 | -0.04 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 14.3% | -0.012 | -0.17 |
| Other share of dry matter | 11.1% | -0.375 | -4.16 |
| Recipe graded poor | 67.0% | -0.065 | -4.35 |
| Poor-quality meat in recipe | 11.0% | -0.179 | -1.96 |
| Number of poor ingredients | 8 | -0.876 | -7.01 |
| Largest single poor ingredient | 11.5% | 0.060 | +0.69 |
| Undeclared quantities | 89.4% | -0.106 | -9.44 |
| Complete diet | yes | 2.294 | +2.29 |
| Low meat (under 10% of dry matter) | yes | -3.158 | -3.16 |
| Additive penalty | -1.50 | 0.222 | -0.33 |
| Processing multiplier | 0.98 | 33.786 | +33.11 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | yes | -6.713 | -6.71 |
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| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 30.909 | +30.91 |
| Average ingredient quality | -0.6 | 9.191 | -5.26 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 4.8% | 0.096 | +0.46 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 37.0% | -0.115 | -4.26 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 18.5% | -0.092 | -1.70 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 8.4% | -0.005 | -0.04 |
| Additive share of dry matter | 0.0% | 0.163 | +0.00 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 14.3% | -0.012 | -0.17 |
| Other share of dry matter | 11.1% | -0.375 | -4.16 |
| Unrecognised share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.027 | +0.00 |
| Recipe graded poor | 67.0% | -0.065 | -4.35 |
| Poor-quality meat in recipe | 11.0% | -0.179 | -1.96 |
| Number of poor ingredients | 8 | -0.876 | -7.01 |
| Largest single poor ingredient | 11.5% | 0.060 | +0.69 |
| Undeclared quantities | 89.4% | -0.106 | -9.44 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | no | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Complete diet | yes | 2.294 | +2.29 |
| Frozen or chilled fresh | no | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| High meat (30%+ of dry matter) | no | 0.707 | +0.00 |
| Low meat (under 10% of dry matter) | yes | -3.158 | -3.16 |
| High carb and low meat | no | -1.180 | +0.00 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 0.0 | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Meat share × fresh | 0.0 | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Fresh × high meat | 0.0 | 11.084 | +0.00 |
| Additive penalty | -1.50 | 0.222 | -0.33 |
| Processing multiplier | 0.98 | 33.786 | +33.11 |
| Processing: Raw | no | -0.054 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Chilled | no | -2.354 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Frozen | no | -2.354 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Refrigerated | no | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Shelf | no | -0.672 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Freeze Dried | no | 6.629 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Air Dried | no | 6.331 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Cold Pressed | no | -6.713 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Baked | no | -6.713 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | yes | -6.713 | -6.71 |
| Processing: Dry Semi Moist | no | -6.174 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Muesli | no | -10.146 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Pate | no | -0.672 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Chunks | no | -0.672 | +0.00 |
- Processing-type offset
- +0.02
- Additives declared on label
- +2 transparency bonus
- Subtotal
- 20.9
- Final score
- 21/100
Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.
Score history across model versions
The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges
How the declared analysis compares with FEDIAF reference ranges for adult dogs. The label prints as-fed values; we convert to a dry-matter basis before scoring, and the bands are dry-matter ranges. Scores rise to 100 at the band midpoint: the reference is adequacy, not maximisation. Nutrients with a published upper limit taper again above it; fat is policed through calorie density rather than a direct penalty.
| Nutrient | As fed (label) | Dry matter (scored) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23.9 | 26.3 (band 18 to 40%) | 92.5 |
| Fat | 8.1 | 8.9 (band 5.5 to 20%) | 84.1 |
| Fibre | 2.2 | 2.4 (band 0.5 to 5%) | 95.6 |
| Calcium | 0.81 | 0.9 (band 0.5 to 2.5%) | 81.7 |
| Phosphorus | 0.59 | 0.6 (band 0.4 to 1.6%) | 82.4 |
| Sodium | 0.41 | 0.5 (band 0.1+%) | 100 |
| Calcium:phosphorus ratio | 1.4 | 1.4 (band 1 to 2%) | 92.4 |
| Energy (kcal/100g) | 335 | 368.1 | 100 |
Scored over 8 declared nutrients (combined weight 95); undeclared nutrients do not affect the score.
Declared fortification: 6 nutritional additives on the label
- 3b103 (Iron) 74.0 mg/kg
- 3b202 (Iodine) 1.8 mg/kg
- 3b405 (Copper) 7.3 mg/kg
- 3b502 (Manganese) 7.7 mg/kg
- 3b603 (Zinc) 130 mg/kg
- 3b801 (Selenium) 0.2 mg/kg
High confidence: full analysis plus minerals or omegas and declared energy.
This measures agreement with published reference ranges, not suitability for an individual dog. For medical conditions, follow veterinary guidance.
Transparency: what the label discloses
How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Ingredient list on the label (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Printed percentages on the label (10.6% of the recipe mass) (voluntary) | 2.1/20 |
| Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) | 15/15 |
| Additives declared (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Energy value declared (voluntary) | 5/5 |
| Complete/complementary designation (mandatory) | 5/5 |
| Feeding guidance given (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Country of manufacture stated (voluntary) | 10/10 |
| Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file | 0/5 |
Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Batch and date labelling).
Safety: recall history
Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.
No recalls recorded in our database.
See all current recalls we track.
Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it
The claims made on the pack and product page, checked against the declared label. We record claims as stated; "consistent" means our stored label data supports the claim, "contradicted" means it conflicts with it. Functional claims are recorded but never scored.
100/100 · moderate — 1 checkable claim: 1 consistent, 0 contradicted.
Consistent with the label
- "highly digestible complete dietetic pet food for adult dogs" — supported by the declared complete and balanced data.
12 further claims on file that we cannot check against the label.
Moderate: every checkable claim is consistent with the declared label.
| Claim | Type | Check | Substantiation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition shown to calm and manage stress-related behaviors including digestive upsets in dogs under 14kg (on page) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| Fortified with Hill's ActivBiome+ ingredient technology, a proprietary blend of prebiotics, clinically shown to rapidly nourish the gut microbiome to support digestive health and well-being (on page) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| for reduction of intestinal absorptive disorders, compensation for maldigestion, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and disorders that benefit from low fat food as well as for support in stressful situations, which will lead to reduction of associated behaviour (on pack) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE for quality, consistency & taste, or your money back (on page) | Content | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| highly digestible complete dietetic pet food for adult dogs (on pack) | Content | consistent | Manufacturer assertion |
| contains highly digestible ingredients, increased levels of sodium and potassium, and trypsin-hydrolysed bovine casein (on pack) | Content | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| with Chicken (on pack) | Content | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| made with chicken (on page) | Content | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| Enriched with clinically proven antioxidants & Omega-3s from fish oil (on page) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| Helps promote a calming effect, supports healthy digestion & improves stool quality (on page) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| Promotes activity of beneficial gut bacteria & calms the GI tract (on page) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| Long term feeding helps support a healthy immune system (on page) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
| S+OXSHIELD: Formulated to promote a urinary environment that reduces the risk of developing struvite & calcium oxalate crystals (on page) | Functional | not checkable | Manufacturer assertion |
The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.
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