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Hill's® Science Diet®
Kitten Healthy Development Original

Hill's® Science Diet® Kitten Healthy Development Original cat food provides precisely balanced, easy-to-digest nutrition for growing kittens.

  • Natural DHA supports healthy brain development and learning ability
  • Taurine and multivitamins promote healthy growth of vital organs
  • Enriched with vitamins C+E to protect the immune system
  • Real chicken #1 with natural ingredients and no chicken by-product

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Key Benefits

Recommended For:

  • Kittens, from weaning until 1 year old.
  • Pregnant or nursing cats.

Not Recommended For:

Long-term feeding to adult cats, unless they have higher than normal energy requirements.

BenefitNutrientHow It Works
Healthy development of brain, eyes & learning abilityNatural DHANatural DHA from high quality fish oil supports healthy brain and eye development.
Healthy vital organsTaurineTaurine, essential amino acids and multivitamins promote healthy growth of vital organs including the heart and kidneys.
Strong immune systemVitamin C+EClinically proven antioxidant multivitamins C+E protect the immune system to support your pet between vaccinations

Additional Info

Healthy choices matter, for both you and your pet. For more than 70 years, Hill's has been advancing knowledge of how to keep pets their healthiest. That means great-tasting, nutritious food with natural ingredients that helps your cat live a long, happy life.

We make every bag of our cat food in our own US facilities with highest quality natural ingredients from North America. These ingredients must meet our strict requirements for purity and nutrient content, which exceed industry standards.

By choosing Science Diet, you help us provide food to shelter pets 365 days a year.
Learn more at hillsfoodshelterlove.com.

Other Products to Consider

Science Diet® is available in a wide variety of foods for your kitten's unique needs. Canned kitten food is available from Science Diet® in several flavors such as delicious Turkey & Giblets Entrée that your kitten will love.

Feeding Guide

Daily Feeding Guide:

HELPFUL TIPS

  • Adjust feeding amounts as necessary to maintain optimal weight. If you are unsure, ask your veterinarian.
  • For nursing cats: keep food available at all times.
  • New to this food? Mix increasing amounts of your pet's new food with decreasing amounts of the old food over a 7-day period.
  • Keep fresh water available at all times!
  • Your pet's nutritional needs may change as they age. Ask your vet at every checkup.
  • Science Diet is available in a wide variety of dry foods, wet foods and treats for your pet's unique needs.
  • To prevent suffocation, keep this bag out of the reach of pets and children.

Feeding transition

Growth

Weight of CatGrowth less than 4 monthsGrowth 4 to 6 monthsGrowth 7 to 12 months and Pregnancy
1 lb (0,5 kg) 1/4 cup (30 g)
2 lb (0,9 kg) 1/3 cup (40 g) 1/4 cup (30 g)
3 lb (1,4 kg) 1/2 cup (65 g) 3/8 cup (45 g)
4 lb (1,8 kg) 5/8 cup (80 g) 1/2 cup (65 g)
5 lb (2,3 kg) 2/3 cup (85 g) 5/8 cup (80 g) 1/2 cup (65 g)
10 lb (4,5 kg) 1 cup (125 g) 3/4 cup (95 g)
15 lb (6,8 kg) 1 cup (125 g)

Average Nutrient And Caloric Contents

Dry 4461 kcal/kg (558 kcal/per cup²)

Nutrient
 
Dry Matter1
%
Protein38.1
Fat25.6
Carbohydrate (NFE)27.1
Crude Fiber1.5
Calcium1.21
Phosphorus0.9
Sodium0.46
Potassium0.90
Magnesium0.113
Taurine0.60
Vitamin C146 mg/kg
Vitamin E926 IU/kg
DHA0.191

References

1The nutrient in the product after moisture is removed. It is used to make direct comparisons of nutrient profiles of products with differing moisture contents.
²An eight fluid oz. measuring cup of Kitten Healthy Development Original contains 4 oz. by weight.

Ingredients

Chicken, Whole Grain Wheat, Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Wheat Gluten, Chicken Liver Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp, Fish Oil, Lactic Acid, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, L-Lysine, Calcium Sulfate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Taurine, Choline Chloride, Iodized Salt, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), DL-Methionine, L-Tryptophan, Oat Fiber, Magnesium Oxide, Mixed Tocopherols added to retain freshness, Citric Acid added to retain freshness, Phosphoric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract, Dried Apples, Dried Broccoli, Dried Carrots, Dried Cranberries, Dried Peas.


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Excellent Healthy Dry Food For Kittens This is a great supplement to my two kittens of 5months! They have grown within weeks already amazingly fast! I feed this dry food along with Science Diet Kitten Salmon Entree Canned Foods also and everything has been going great thus far...our kittens always do their best to rip open the bags!! How adorable of them! What makes them even more adorable is that their coat is in excellent condition and very shiny. There have been no problems at all! July 31, 2012
Really Improved his health! When we brought our kitten home, his fur was wirrey and he was skinny. Science Diet improved his fur and has help to improved his muscles and digestive systems. He's growing up so fast. I wouldn't use anything else! July 17, 2012
They love it! Good food for the kittens in the area. This is the best for the kittens June 10, 2012
KARMA LOVES IT! My little tuxedo Karma has been eating Science Diet Kitten Healthy Development Original, since I rescued him from under my front porch when he was about 6 weeks old. He is now 9-1/2 months old, happy and healthy with a beautiful shiny coat and lean muscle mass, and TONS of energy. The black in his coat actually glistens! He has good digestion and no icky hairballs. I will definitely continue him on this food until he has his 1st birthday, and then will start him on the appropriate Science Diet Adult formula. It's made him the beautiful boy he is today! Why mess with success? Highly recommend Science Diet food! May 17, 2012
Excellent Food for Your Kitten to Thrive I rescued Emma, 3 week old calico, when she was thrown out of a car onto a highway. She was injured, suffering from roundworms, and was slightly malnourished. I started Emma on a diet of SD canned food until I weaned her (and she had teeth) onto SD Kitten. This little girl has thrived - even though she is still a little runt at 9 months' old, she is healthy, smart, playful. I credit the good nutrition in the Science Diet Kitten food in helping her recover. I swear the extra nutrition in the SD Kitten has helped her become very smart and her muscle structure/bones are perfect. Thanks for this product. Each kitten I've had to help develop into a healthy adult cat has been started on this food and I have 8 very healthy kitties. Thank you. May 17, 2012
Yummy! My kitten loves her kitten food. A slightly easier size/shape to bite is the only improvement I recommend. May 17, 2012
Great food for growing kittens. I have been rescuing cats and kittens for five years and this product is wonderful. We just started using it recently and it works wonders for kittens especially if they are malnourished or lacking a lot of nutrition. A lot of our kittens come from kill shelters and they love the taste of the kitten healthy development food and we love it because it helps keep them healthy and growing, and keeps there coat shiny. I can't say enough good things about this food, it's wonderful!. May 17, 2012
Excellent My kitten loves this food. He has thrived and become a healthy cat with a super shiny black coat. He does not get sick or have hairballs. Worth the extra money! May 17, 2012

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