A feeding-trial-validated, chicken-first dry food from Hill's Science Diet, denser per cup than 56% of the dry cat foods we've verified. Cat-food pricing isn't in our corpus yet, so cost-per-day isn't shown — the composition numbers below are fully verified.
THE FACTS, ONE SENTENCE —data as JSON· reference cat 10 lb · updated 2026-07-11
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The evidence
The Verified Label
Every food on this site gets this exact panel — same fields, same order, sourced from the official label — so brands finally become comparable. Dots show where this food sits among all 36 dry cat foods we've verified.
Verified LabelThe standardized pet-food panel
VPFD № HILL-S verified 2026-07-11
Composition — dry-matter basis
why dry matter
Moisture hides the real recipe: dry food is ~5-10% water, wet food ~75-82%. Removing water puts every food on one scale, so these are the only nutrition numbers that can be compared across foods. As-fed label values shown small.
ProteinNot disclosedlabel min: —%no corpus anchor for this value
FatNot disclosedlabel min: —%no corpus anchor for fat yet
FiberNot disclosedlabel max: —%no corpus anchor for this value
Est. carbohydrates ash not disclosed → 8% assumed, so this is an estimateNot disclosedneeds protein/fat/fiberno corpus anchor for this value
Magnesium as fed: not disclosed why 0.12% DM
A commonly cited veterinary target for helping manage struvite-crystal (urinary) risk in cats is magnesium under roughly 0.12% on a dry-matter basis. This is a general, label-checkable guideline — not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for your vet, especially for cats with a history of urinary issues.
Not disclosedmagnesiumno threshold to check — not disclosed on this label
Ash not disclosed, no default availableNot disclosedashno corpus anchor for ash yet
Calories & cost — for your 10-lb adult cat
Calorie density418 kcal/cup3689 kcal/kgtypical — the median dry cat food is 395.5 (median 395.5)
Daily serving½ cups
Cost per day—
3.5-lb bag lasts22 days
Cost per 1,000 kcal not available yet — cat food isn't price-matched to a retail listing in our corpus yet (dog food is; cat is next). Serving math uses standard veterinary energy formulas — see the formula.
Standards & ingredients
AAFCO statement
what this means
Two kinds of AAFCO claims exist. Most foods are only "formulated to meet" nutrient profiles — a paper calculation. A smaller set carry the stronger claim: fed to real cats in AAFCO-procedure trials ("Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate…").
Feeding trials ✓ · maintenance
First five ingredients (by pre-cooking weight)Chicken · Whole Grain Wheat · Corn Protein Meal · Powdered Cellulose · Chicken Fat
Named animal protein first; named meals onlyYes
Legumes in first 10 (FDA DCM inquiry)None
BHA / BHT preservativesNone on label
Carrageenan (thickener)None
Ethoxyquin
why unknown
When a fish-meal supplier adds ethoxyquin, U.S. rules don't require it on the finished label — so no label can prove its absence for recipes containing fish meal. We report this as a gap rather than guessing.
None — no fish meal in this recipe
Safety
FDA recalls — Hill's Science Diet, since 20232 on record — see recall history
ManufacturerNot confirmed from label
Label transparency 3 of 15 standard fields
Green = verified favorable · amber = gap in the record · red = verified unfavorable · gray = not disclosed / neutral fact.
Source: official label source (official) · anchors: 36 verified dry cat foods · how to read this label
The fit
For your cat, specifically
Checked for a 10-lb adult cat with urinary health + a low-carb goal — the same published criteria our finder uses. Change your cat above and these update.
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Validated for adult catsAAFCO statement covers adult maintenance.
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Urinary fit — can't assessMagnesium is not stated on this label, so we cannot check it against the magnesium threshold vets commonly use for struvite-stone risk management.
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Fiber not disclosedNot selected for your cat, and not confirmed on this label either way.
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Sensitive stomachNot selected for your cat — but shown here for reference.
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Contains chickenNot selected as a concern for your cat — shown here for reference.
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Low-carb fit — can't assessEstimated carbohydrate needs protein, fat, fiber and ash to compute, and at least one of those is not disclosed for this SKU.
The source material
The full ingredient list
Every flag on the Verified Label is computed from this list. Ingredients are ordered by pre-cooking weight — the first five carry the most information.