Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care vs Hill's Science Plan Puppy Large

Same open algorithm, same data, side by side - so the label wins, not the marketing. How we rate

The short answer

Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care scores 40/100 against Hill's Science Plan Puppy Large's 24/100 on our open algorithm. The full working is below - every point accounted for.

Attribute	40 Royal Canin Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care Full review	24 Hill's Hill's Science Plan Puppy Large Full review
ODF Score	40 Poor (best in this row)	24 Avoid
Price per day	£1.13 / day	£0.85 / day approx. (best in this row)
Best price per kg	£4.71 / kg	£4.28 / kg (best in this row)
Food type	Dry	Dry
Life stage	Adult	Puppy
Properties	-	Gluten free
Nutrition
Protein (% DM)	29.3% est.	29.2%
Fat (% DM)	12% est.	16%
Est. carbs (% DM)	42.1% est.	44.9%
Fibre (% DM)	11.2% est.	3.4%
Ash (% DM)	5.4% est.	6.5%
Energy	303 kcal/100g	363 kcal/100g
First 5 ingredients	Poultry meal Vegetable fibre (unspecified) Maize Wheat Barley	Maize Chicken & turkey meal Brewers rice Digest (unspecified) Animal fat (unspecified)
Where the points went
Ingredient quality (of 40)	19.9 / 40 (best in this row)	17.8 / 40
Meat content (of 15)	6 / 15	6 / 15
Labelling clarity (of 15)	2 / 15	2 / 15
Additives (of 10)	6 / 10	10 / 10 (best in this row)
Nutritional balance (of 10)	6.1 / 10	6.6 / 10 (best in this row)
Processing (of 10)	6 / 10	6 / 10
Red-flag penalties	-6 (best in this row)	-24
Label last verified	July 27, 2026	July 17, 2026

Green-tinted cells mark the best value in that row - highest score, lowest price, most points.

40 Royal Canin Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care Full review

ODF Score: 40 Poor best
Price per day: £1.13 / day
Best price per kg: £4.71 / kg
Food type: Dry
Life stage: Adult
Properties: -
Protein (% DM): 29.3% est.
Fat (% DM): 12% est.
Est. carbs (% DM): 42.1% est.
Fibre (% DM): 11.2% est.
Ash (% DM): 5.4% est.
Energy: 303 kcal/100g
First 5 ingredients: Poultry meal Vegetable fibre (unspecified) Maize Wheat Barley
Ingredient quality (of 40): 19.9 / 40 best
Meat content (of 15): 6 / 15
Labelling clarity (of 15): 2 / 15
Additives (of 10): 6 / 10
Nutritional balance (of 10): 6.1 / 10
Processing (of 10): 6 / 10
Red-flag penalties: -6 best
Label last verified: July 27, 2026

24 Hill's Hill's Science Plan Puppy Large Full review

ODF Score: 24 Avoid
Price per day: £0.85 / day approx. best
Best price per kg: £4.28 / kg best
Food type: Dry
Life stage: Puppy
Properties: Gluten free
Protein (% DM): 29.2%
Fat (% DM): 16%
Est. carbs (% DM): 44.9%
Fibre (% DM): 3.4%
Ash (% DM): 6.5%
Energy: 363 kcal/100g
First 5 ingredients: Maize Chicken & turkey meal Brewers rice Digest (unspecified) Animal fat (unspecified)
Ingredient quality (of 40): 17.8 / 40
Meat content (of 15): 6 / 15
Labelling clarity (of 15): 2 / 15
Additives (of 10): 10 / 10 best
Nutritional balance (of 10): 6.6 / 10 best
Processing (of 10): 6 / 10
Red-flag penalties: -24
Label last verified: July 17, 2026

Ingredient differences

What only one recipe contains - the shared ingredients are tucked away at the bottom.

These recipes are 22% the same: 6 shared ingredients, and 21 that appear in only one of them. The differences are below.

Only in Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care

Poultry meal Vegetable fibre (unspecified) Wheat Barley Maize gluten meal Hydrolysed animal proteins (unspecified) Maize flour Rice Wheat gluten Hydrolysed yeast FOS (prebiotic) Psyllium Soya oil Glucosamine Marigold

Only in Hill's Science Plan Puppy Large

Chicken & turkey meal Brewers rice Digest (unspecified) Egg Linseed Vegetable oil (unspecified)

Show the 6 ingredients they share

Maize Animal fat (unspecified) Beet pulp Cellulose Fish oil Minerals

Red flags on these labels

Royal Canin Medium Light Weight Care: Animal fat (unspecified)
Hill's Science Plan Puppy Large: Digest (unspecified), Animal fat (unspecified)

Good quality Acceptable / watch the amount Red flag

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