Hill’s Prescription Diet i/d Digestive Care Low Fat Chicken Flavor Dry Dog Food

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The average Dog Prescription Dry Food price: $4.10 per lb
The average Dog Prescription Dry Food price: $0.35 per oz

Description

Inappropriate levels of fat in the blood, inability to digest protein, or lack of digestive enzymes can affect your dog’s digestive health. Efficient digestion is essential for your dog to be able to build and repair tissues and obtain energy, and for these reasons, it is important to feed a food that is formulated to help support digestive health. For many dogs experiencing digestive challenges, it’s also very important to feed a food with a low-fat level. Hill’s nutritionists and veterinarians developed Prescription Diet i/d Low Fat clinical nutrition especially formulated to support your dog’s digestive health. In fact, i/d Low Fat is clinically proven nutrition to calm & soothe the digestive tract. Plus, with the S+OXSHIELD seal of confidence, the Digestive Care formula meets specific nutrient standards shown to promote a urinary environment that helps reduce the risk of struvite and calcium oxalate crystals.

Price Score: 59 out of 100 Points

Variety Score: 100 out of 100 Points

Rating Score: 95 out of 100 Points

Brand Score: 91 out of 100 Points

Ingredients Score: 59 out of 100 Points

Total Score: 80.8 out of 100 Points

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 Stars (620 Reviews)

Key Benefits

  • Helps address inappropriate levels of fat in the blood, inability to digest protein, or lack of digestive enzymes that can affect your dog's digestive health.
  • Promotes healthy and efficient digestion and ensures easy nutrient absorption so your dog can build and repair tissues and obtain energy.
  • Promotes beneficial microflora, reduces the risk of urinary stone formation and supports a healthy immune system.
  • Highly digestible with prebiotic fiber and ginger, plus high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, controlled minerals and clinically proven antioxidants.
  • Digestive Care recipe has not changed—it offers the same great taste and benefits as it did prior to the introduction of the S+OXSHIELD seal of confidence.

Ingredients

Brewers Rice, Corn Starch, Corn Gluten Meal, Whole Grain Wheat, Chicken By-Product Meal, Flaxseed, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Oats, Dried Beet Pulp, Chicken Liver Flavor, Pork Flavor, Lactic Acid, Ginger, Soybean Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Citrate, Pork Fat, Potassium Chloride, Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, L-Lysine, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Calcium Carbonate, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Natural Flavors, Beta-Carotene. Caloric Content 333 kcal/cup

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Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein20.0% min
Crude Fat9.0% max
Crude Fiber5.0% max
Calcium0.8% max
Phosphorus0.75% max
Omega-3 Fatty Acids0.6% min