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Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic Weight Management Vegetable & Chicken Stew Canned Dog Food is a prescription dog food made with feed grade ingredients, which are unfit for human consumption. It contains 26 synthetic additives (so it is not all-natural), it has 1 anti-nutrient, Green Peas (which may interfere with the absorption of essential nutrients), and it has 7 other sketchy ingredients, including Egg Flavor and Guar Gum.

Warning Due to this being a grain-free food that contains legumes or potatoes this Hill's Prescription Diet recipe may be implicated in the FDA's ongoing investigation into diet-related Dilated Cardiomyopathy (or DCM), a potentially fatal heart condition.

Read our article about Grain Free Foods And Heart Failure
Hill's Prescription Diet
  • Air-Dried
  • Human Grade
  • All-Natural
  • No Anti-Nutrients
  • No Sketchy Ingredients
  • Prescription Extruded
  • Feed Grade
  • 26 Synthetics
  • 1 Anti-Nutrient
  • 7 Sketchy Ingredients
Detailed Comparison
Sundays Air-Dried Food for Dogs Human Grade Beef Recipe Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic Weight Management Vegetable & Chicken Stew Canned Dog Food
Family-owned Owned by Colgate-Palmolive
Human Grade Feed Grade
Air-Dried Prescription
No Anti-Nutrients
1 Anti-Nutrient:
Green peas
All-Natural
26 Synthetics:
Potassium alginate, Calcium chloride, Calcium lactate, Dicalcium phosphate, Lipoic acid, Sodium tripolyphosphate, Vitamins (vitamin e supplement, Thiamine mononitrate, Ascorbic acid (source of vitamin c), Niacin supplement, Pyridoxine hydrochloride, Menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k), Vitamin b12 supplement, Calcium pantothenate, Riboflavin supplement, Folic acid, Vitamin d3 supplement), L-lysine, Potassium citrate, Taurine, Minerals (zinc oxide, Ferrous sulfate, Manganese sulfate, Copper sulfate, Calcium iodate), L-carnitine
Nothing sketchy
7 Other Sketchy Ingredients:
Powdered cellulose, Corn starch, Wheat gluten, Dried tomato pomace, Chicken liver flavor, Egg flavor, Guar gum
Ingredients:
USDA Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Bone, Pumpkin, Millet, Wild Salmon Oil, Sunflower Oil, Kale, Flaxseed, Zucchini, Sea Salt, Parsely, Kelp, Chicory Root, Turmeric, Mixed Tocopherols, Ginger, Selenium Yeast, Blueberries, Carrots, Apples, Tomatoes, Shiitake Mushrooms, Broccoli, Oranges, Cranberries, Spinach, Beets, Tart Cherries, Strawberries
Ingredients:
Water, Pork Liver, Carrots, Green Peas, Rice, Powdered Cellulose, Corn Starch, Wheat Gluten, Chicken, Flaxseed, Dried Tomato Pomace, Chicken Liver Flavor, Coconut Oil, Potassium Alginate, Calcium Chloride, Egg Flavor, Calcium Lactate, Fish Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Guar Gum, Lipoic Acid, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), L-Lysine, Potassium Citrate, Iodized Salt, Taurine, minerals (Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate), L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene
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