Hills food for cats: all about diets and their specifics

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Hill's cat food is a series of premium products.

It gained its popularity not only thanks to its line of balanced diets, but also due to the presence of medicinal compounds.

With the advent of a furry pet at home, the question arises not only about the toilet , vaccinations , scratching posts , furminators and other accessories, but also about what to feed the purr .

For the normal functioning of the body, a cat needs a balanced diet, which is quite difficult to maintain by giving it traditional food from the table.

Therefore, most owners opt for ready-made food.

2 Composition
3 Pros and cons
4 Specifics
5 Reviews
6 Conclusion

Feed overview

Hill's cat food has several lines, which are available in both dry and wet forms.

For adult pets there are two series:

Science Plan - Hill's line of cat food is focused on the well-being and balanced nutrition of pets. Designed for adults and healthy pets.
Prescription Diet – this line is intended for feeding sick cats.

The line of daily food includes a wide range of diets

In turn, the Science Plan series includes the following products:

Hills cat food Herbal Control with chicken flavor

This Hill's cat food has several beneficial properties:

thanks to its unique composition, it prevents the appearance of hairballs in the animal’s gastrointestinal tract;
nourishes the body with all necessary substances, including those that help reduce shedding;
contains minerals that support and normalize the functioning of the urinary system.

Hills cat food Sensitive Skin

Suitable for daily nutrition. Additionally, it contains healthy omega-3 and 6 fatty acids, as well as natural oils.

Its main property, in addition to saturating the body with all nutrients, is the prevention of itching, dry skin and flaking.

Or maybe natural is better? Look how delicious the meat is! Real jam!

Oral Car feed

Hills two-in-one cat food. At the same time it nourishes and performs the function of a dentist. With this diet, your cat will never suffer from plaque or tartar. Also, after this food, your pet will have a pleasant supply from its mouth.

Cat food Hill's Sensitive Stomach

It tastes like chicken, egg and rice.

This diet is designed to facilitate the digestion process in pets.

It does not contain ordinary proteins, but highly digestible ones.

Also included is highly soluble fiber.

The food must be balanced and free of harmful substances. Then you can rest assured about your pet’s health.

Cat food Hill's Sterilized Cat

The product tastes like chicken. This type of Hill's food is intended for sterilized cats.

The composition of the diet is designed taking into account the need to control the pet’s body weight, as well as to prevent urolithiasis.

For older cats aged 7 years or more, three types of diets are specially produced:

Felin Mathur Adult 7+ Active Longviti;
Felin Mathur Adult 7+ Herbal Control;
Felin Mathur Adult 7+ Sterilized Cat.

These foods differ from conventional ones in the presence of antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids and lower phosphorus content.

Also, these products prevent the development of kidney diseases, the formation of lumps in the kidneys and are suitable for feeding sterilized pets.

Wet food from the therapeutic series is available in small bags of 85 g.

Hill's medicated cat food is represented by the following products:

Feline w/d and k/d – products for cats that are overweight and have diabetes;
Feline j/d – food for pets suffering from arthritis;
Feline Multicar is a product for felines with ailments of the urinary system;
Feline l/d – intended for feeding cats with liver problems.

Anti-obesity food? And delicious too? And does it have meat in it? Bring two!

Hill's dry food can be purchased in packages of 0.3, 1.5 and 5 kg.

Therapeutic products have a minimum packaging weight of 0.4 kg.

Hill's Prescription Diet Cat Food Review

Hill's Prescription Diet veterinary food is produced in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
The official website is where you can find information about this line of food (compositions, feeding recommendations). This food can be classified as premium class at most. In addition to veterinary food, there is an everyday line of Hills food - Science Plan for cats.

Prescription Diet food composition

Let's take a look at the composition of Hill's Prescription Diet dry cat food using the example of the s/d Urinary Care option (for the prevention of urolithiasis, with chicken):

Photo of the composition from the packaging.

The first ingredient, cereals, is a source of carbohydrates. It is not specified what kind of grains are used and what their total percentage is. In second place are meat and animal derivatives, which are a source of protein. It is not specified how much meat, and how much and what exactly are “animal derivatives”.

Oils and fats are a source of fats and fatty acids. Again, it is not specified which vegetable oils and animal fats are used. Plant protein extracts are a source of protein. It is not specified what kind of protein (corn, wheat, pea?).

Egg and its derivatives are a source of protein. But what kind of derivative eggs are is not clear. Minerals are a dietary supplement of minerals. At the end of the list of additives it says “with a natural antioxidant,” although it is not specified which one.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages can be considered:

wide range, there are dry and wet food;
good vitamin and mineral supplement;
natural antioxidant is used;
widely spread.

Flaws:

general formulation of most ingredients;
Cereals and vegetable protein are widely used.

Compound

According to the manufacturer, Hill's dry cat food contains only natural ingredients.

The set of ingredients depends on the chosen flavor and type.

Hill's wet cat food (canned) has a decent meat composition.

These products have been independently rated 4 out of 5 stars (one star was removed due to animal by-products).

Important! Some people believe that feeding cats a medicated series is healthier than regular feeding. In fact, this is not true: the composition of a therapeutic product can be harmful to a healthy pet.

For example, Hill's cat food labeled "Herbal Control" with chicken flavor has the following composition:

minimum 46% chicken meat;
poultry meal;
ground corn;
maize gluten meal;
cellulose;
animal fat;
ground rice;
protein hydrolysate;
potassium chloride;
calcium sulfate;
salt;
DL-methionine;
taurine;
vitamins;
microelements.

According to the manufacturer, the product contains only natural preservatives: citric acid, rosemary extract, and a mixture of tocopherols.

Hill's cat food - popular brands

Science Plan Kitten Healthy Development Chicken - Chunks in Gravy, wet food for kittens (1-4 months);
Science Plan Kitten Healthy Development Chicken, dry food for kittens from 4 to 12 months;
Science Plan Feline Adult Optimal Care with Lamb – dry food for cats older than one year;
Science Plan Feline Sterilized Cat Young Adult – for sterilized animals (1-6 years);
Prescription Diet c/d Feline – veterinary food for the treatment of urolithiasis;
Nature's Best With Real Chicken Adult Cat - natural food for adult cats from 1 year to 7 years;
Ideal Balance Feline Adult – No grain with Fresh Chicken and Potato – grain-free food.

Below is a detailed description of each food.

Hill's Science Plan Kitten Healthy Development Chicken - Chunks in Gravy

A specially developed diet for kittens - pieces of meat in sauce, canned food, packaged in pouches. Each packet contains 9.3% protein and 5.4% fat.

Ingredients: meat and meat-derived peptides, cereals, vegetable protein extract, fish and fish derivatives, eggs, oils and fats. Vitamins and minerals: D3, E, C, iron, zinc, iodine, copper, calcium, beta-carotene, sodium, phosphorus. Coloring agent: natural caramel.

Plus of the food: the consistency is suitable for the first complementary feeding.
Disadvantages of the food: the presence of sugars in the form of natural caramel.

Price: 85 g bag. – 75 rub.

Hill's Science Plan Kitten Healthy Development Chicken

Dry food for kittens up to 1 year old with a high protein content. The main protein ingredient is chicken and turkey meal (65%). The source of vegetable protein is corn. Fats: fish oil, animal fat, flax seed. Fiber: beet pulp and cellulose.

The food is enriched with a vitamin-mineral complex. Contains a mixture of natural antioxidants and preservatives: rosemary extract, citric acid, a mixture of tocopherols.

Plus feed: high percentage of proteins.
Disadvantages of the food: it contains cellulose - an undesirable cheap additive.

Price: packaging 0.4 kg – 248 rubles, 2 kg – 890 rubles.

Hill's Science Plan Feline Adult Optimal Care with Lamb

Dietary food in granules for adult animals with lamb with reduced protein content. Protein sources: chicken and turkey meal, lamb meal and hydrolyzed protein. Vegetable protein: corn, rice, corn gluten meal. Sources of fats: fish oil and animal fat. Dried beet pulp is a source of fiber.

The food contains essential amino acids: taurine, L-tryptophan, L-lysine hydrochloride and a number of vitamin and mineral supplements.

Plus the food: only natural preservatives are used.
Disadvantage of the food: low percentage of protein.

Price: packaging 0.4 kg – 240 rubles, 2 kg – 1015 rubles, 5 kg – 2425 rubles.

Hill's Science Plan Feline Sterilized Cat Young Adult

Food in granules for sterilized cats and neutered males up to 7 years old. Protein content – 31.8%, fat – 10.5%. The main source of animal protein is poultry meal. Rice, corn and corn gluten are used as sources of plant proteins. Sources of fat: animal fat and fish oil. The food is enriched with amino acids, minerals and vitamins.

Plus the food: the composition includes the fat-burning additive L-carnitine.
Disadvantage of the food: the formula contains a large amount of carbohydrates.

Price: pack 0.3 kg – 170 rubles, 1.5 kg – 735 rubles, 3.5 kg – 1600 rubles.

Hill's Prescription Diet c/d Feline

Hill's cat food from the line of medicinal foods, developed for the prevention and treatment of urolithiasis in cats. Chicken by-product meal and corn gluten are used as a source of proteins. The source of fat is pork fat. Carbohydrates – beer rice. The food formula contains useful additives: biotin, folic acid, taurine, vitamins and microelements. Chicken liver seasoning is used as a flavoring agent.

Plus the food: acidifies urine, dissolves struvite uroliths.
Disadvantage of the food: corn gluten is an allergen.

Price: packaging 1.5 kg – 1075 rubles, 5 kg – 3050 rubles.

Hill's Nature's Best With Real Chicken Adult Cat

Food for cats over 1 year old. Protein content – 32.6%, fat – 20.8%. Ingredients: chicken, turkey, poultry meal, rice, brown rice, corn, animal fat, barley, oats, beet pulp, carrots, peas, spinach, citrus pulp, grape and tomato pulp. The natural formula is enhanced with a vitamin-mineral complex.

The following useful additives are used: L-carnitine, L-lysine hydrochloride, DL-methionine, taurine, L-tryptophan, and beta-carotene, Omega-3, Omega-6.

Plus the food: contains an effective complex of antioxidants.
Disadvantage of the food: corn is an allergen.

Price: pack 0.3 kg – 180 rubles, 2 kg – 1080 rubles.

Hill's Ideal Balance Feline Adult – No grain with Fresh Chicken and Potato

Dry grain-free food for adult animals with a high protein (31%) and fat (21.8%) content. Protein sources: fresh chicken, egg, chicken meal, dry chicken and hydrolyzed protein.

Ingredients: potatoes, animal fat, yellow pea flour, potato starch, flax seed, beet pulp, fish oil, apple powder, carrots, broccoli, cranberry powder. The formula does not contain artificial colors or antioxidants.

Plus feed: grain-free.
Disadvantage of the food: high price.

Price: pack 0.3 kg – 225 rubles, 2 kg – 1100 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

In general, pet owners are quite satisfied with the manufacturer’s products.

Among the positive aspects of Hills cat food, the following points should be highlighted:

availability;
suitable for sterilized cats;
good balanced composition and a wide range of diets for cats with various diseases;
a wide selection of food depending on the age of the pet;
the manufacturer does not hide the composition: it is completely written on the packaging.

Important! For the normal functioning of the body, the pet needs both dry and wet food. Therefore, it is optimal to alternate these two types.

Since many owners castrate and sterilize cats, the Sterilized Cat type is especially popular

Among the negative aspects, buyers note:

high content of vegetable protein and carbohydrates;
the possibility of an allergic reaction;
Hills wet food is slightly inferior in quality compared to dry food.

Specifics

The choice of food is a responsible issue. After all, a pet cannot take care of this on its own.

Thanks to the large assortment of both daily and medicinal Hills cat foods, the solution is quite simple to find:

for sterilized cats up to 7 years old Feline Young Adult Sterilized Cat, and after 7 years - Feline Mature Adult 7+ Sterilized Cat;
for pets suffering from obesity – Feline m/d;
for liver diseases – Feline l/d;
for MCT - Feline c/d Multicare.

According to the manufacturer, for the daily diet of a healthy adult cat of any breed ( snowshoe, serval, chinchilla, savannah, jungle cats , etc.) the following are suitable:

Feline Adult Hairball Control;
Feline Adult Indoor Cat;
Feline Adult Light;
Feline Adult Optimal Care;
Feline Adult Oral Care;
Feline Adult Sensitive Skin;
Feline Adult Sensitive Stomach.

For the daily menu of pets who have reached 7 years of age, it is recommended to choose Feline Mature Adult 7+ Active Longevity or Feline Mature Adult 7+ Hairball Control.

Dinner time

However, it is worth remembering that some Hills medicated cat foods have their limitations.

For example, the line for overweight pets is not recommended for animals during pregnancy and lactation, as well as when diagnosing kidney diseases.

Reviews

Reviews from veterinarians and animal owners are generally positive. Here are a few of them:

Artem, Simferopol: “We had to completely review our cat’s diet after urolithiasis was detected. This food was recommended to us as the best in terms of price/quality ratio. The cat feels good, everyone is happy. I recommend".

Daria, Kiev: “We recently switched to Hills, and it feels like our cat’s appetite has increased. It is quite possible that these are just flavorings in the food, but since, as a veterinarian we know explained to us, this food is healthy, and it contains a lot of all sorts of microelements - let our Yorbert eat more of it, we are only for a healthy diet.”

Alexandra, St. Petersburg: “ We have a Peterbald, she is a girl, and she will soon turn two years old. And she will soon have kittens! I consulted at the pet store and with our veterinarian - everyone advises choosing food for pregnant cats for your pet. So we’re feeding Hills Science Plan—we’re expecting more soon!”

If the animal is not picky and healthy, almost any product from the Science Plan line will be eaten with pleasure.

Owners of pets aged 8-10 years note that after changing the diet to Hills dry cat food, the condition of the coat noticeably improves, as does the activity of the animals.

Try it, it's very tasty!

Cases of an allergic reaction cannot be excluded.

If your pet is allergic to corn, gluten or soy components, it is better to refrain from purchasing this food.

Reviews of Hill's cat food

Ivan: “My Siamese cat is very picky. After castration surgery, he lost weight. I tried giving him different brands of food until I was recommended Ideal Balance Feline Adult. The cat eats with pleasure and the weight comes back.”

Ruslan: “Our pet had problems with the genitourinary system. The cat meowed pitifully every time he needed to go to the tray. The veterinarian prescribed us dry cat food Prescription Diet c/d Feline, and all the toilet problems disappeared.”

Anita: “My Scots race to the bowls when I give them Nature's Best food. They eat the entire portion in no time. You should have seen their fur – it’s real plush.”