Hill’s Science Diet Launches Kibble for People

Veterinary nutrition brand Hill’s Pet Nutrition announced its official expansion into human groceries this week with the release of “Science Diet for Adults,” a complete kibble formulated to meet baseline biological requirements in two daily servings of dry brown pellets.The product line, available in Chicken & Barley, Savory Beef, and Roasted Salmon, is designed to eliminate meal preparation and target the exact, medically recommended quantity of food. According to the feeding guidelines printed on the back of the thirty-pound bag, a 180-pound adult male requires exactly three-quarters of a cup of kibble at 8:00 AM and another three-quarters of a cup at 6:00 PM, accompanied by a shallow bowl of fresh tap water.“We conducted extensive metabolic audits on standard human feeding behavior,” said Hill’s director of human dietary development, Dr. Barry Atric. “What we discovered was startling. The average human is consuming roughly four to six times the volume of matter required to keep…