r/d® Feline

Here's What Hill's has to say about Hill's Prescription Diet Feline R/D

For the Nutritional Management of Overweight Cats

A weight problem can cause your cat discomfort, reduce energy levels and even decrease his or her life expectancy. This problem is typically caused by too many calories, too much fat and not enough exercise. Prescription Diet® r/d® Feline cat food was created especially for the management of cats that are overweight or obese which can lead to heart disease, arthritis, and diabetes. Prescription Diet® r/d® is a low calorie, high fiber nutritional therapy with the highest levels of L-carnitine to effectively reduce weight and increase lean muscle mass while helping cats feel full. The nutritional formulation of Prescription Diet® r/d® may also be useful for pets with a variety of conditions.

Ingredients

Chicken By-Product Meal, Brewers Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Powdered Cellulose 18.8% (source of fiber), Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Calcium Sulfate, Potassium Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Glyceryl Monostearate, Iodized Salt, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Potassium Chloride, preserved with BHT, BHA and Ethoxyquin, L-Carnitine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Beta-Carotene.

Hill's Prescription Diet Feline R/D Dry Cat Food Rating:

• Animal Digest - 1 point possible

Plus 1 point = No animal digest

• Corn - 1 point possible

Minus 1 point = Corn Gluten Meal

• Wheat - 1 point possible

Plus 1 point = No Wheat

• Soy - 1 point possible

Minus 1 point = Soybean Oil

• Gluten - 1 point possible

Minus 1 point = Corn Gluten Meal

• Extra Goodies - 1 point possible

Minus 1 point = Powdered Cellulose, Chicken Liver Flavor, Iodized Salt

• By-Products - 1 point possible

Minus 1 point = Chicken By-Product Meal

• Animal Fat - 1 point possible

Plus 1 point = No animal fat

• Pet Food Recalls - 1 point possible

Minus 1 point = Recalls for Hill's Pet Food

• Class Action - 1 point possible

Minus 1 point = Class Action - Hill's Cat Food

Cat Food Rating for Hill's Prescription Diet Feline R/D Dry Cat Food:

Total Score = 3/10

Ask Susan Peters Cat Food Review:

Hill's Prescription Diet Feline R/D Dry Cat Food scored lower than most of the cheap brands of cat foods. Hill's Prescription Diet Feline R/D Dry is a pet food sold by vets as a "healthy" cat food. I don't like the use of Chicken byproducts as the only source of meat in Hill's Prescription Diet Feline R/D Dry. How many cats eat the feathers of birds killed in the yard? Maybe chicken byproducts don't included feathers but byproducts are those parts "not fit for human consumption". Why would we want to feed "not fit for consumption" parts of chickens to our cats? Hill's has a Class Action filed against Hill's for false and deceptive advertising due to the large number of pet illness and deaths related to feeding Hill's pet products.

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