Hill's Science Diet: version 1

Saved 2026-09-27 11:26 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: New page for UPC 052742020419, Hill's Science Diet Adult Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food 15 lb (wanted list). Identity confirmed by Hill's own product page (upcUnit meta 052742020419), Grange Co-. This is the current version.

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# Hill's Science Diet <!--family-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Hill's Science Diet
summary: Hill's line of life-stage dog and cat foods, sold through veterinarians and pet specialty stores since 1968.
brand: brand/hill-s
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## Relations <!--relations-->
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## Variants <!--variants-->
| name                                                                 | gtin           | net_content | pack_format | market | source | note                                               |
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| Hill's Science Diet Adult Chicken & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food 15 lb | 00052742020419 | 15 lb       | bag         | US     | ^hills | The recipe is also sold in 2, 5, 35 and 45 lb bags |
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## Timeline <!--timeline-->
| date | event                                                                                                          | kind     | market | source     | note |
| ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------ | ---------- | ---- |
| 1968 | Hill Packing Company's foods made available through veterinarians and pet professionals as Hill's Science Diet | launched | US     | ^wikipedia |      |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name         | type | locale | from | until |
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| Science Diet | name | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                                               | title                                                       | accessed   | publisher            | kind         | published | record_id | locator                                                                                                | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| hills     | https://www.hillspet.com/dog-food/science-diet-adult-original-dry | Hill's Science Diet: Adult Chicken & Barley Recipe Dog Food | 2026-09-27 | Hill's Pet Nutrition | manufacturer |           |           | Ingredients, Sizes, Average Nutrient & Caloric Content, Additional Info; upcUnit meta tag 052742020419 |              |             |          |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%27s_Pet_Nutrition              | Wikipedia: Hill's Pet Nutrition                             | 2026-09-27 | Wikipedia            | publication  |           |           | Lead, History, Product brands                                                                          | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Hill's Science Diet is the Hill's Pet Nutrition line of dog and cat foods sold through veterinarians and pet specialty stores, as distinct from its Prescription Diet foods for animals with specific diseases.[^wikipedia] It was developed in the 1960s by Mark L. Morris Jr., son of the veterinarian Mark Morris Sr., who created condition-specific and life-stage formulas under the Prescription Diet and Science Diet names, and it reached veterinarians and pet professionals in 1968.[^wikipedia] Adult Chicken & Barley Recipe is its dry food for adult dogs aged one to six.[^hills]
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