Burns

Burns Alert: Chicken & Brown Rice review

Name: Burns Alert: Chicken & Brown Rice
Brand: Burns

50.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A short, plain recipe: one named meat, a large helping of brown rice and little else, in Chicken and Lamb. Both sit in our Good band. Fat stays low, every meat and oil is named, and it suits a dog whose meals should be gentle fuel.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Delicate digestion, on a short list led by brown rice
Dogs whose weight needs watching. Fat is 7.5% in the lamb and 8.0% in the chicken
Careful rotation, since the two differ only in the meat and its share
Steady household dogs that do well on routine

Worth watching

Chicken oil and salmon oil in both, so the lamb cannot serve a strict chicken or fish elimination plan
Brown rice is over half of either recipe, which leaves the meat in a supporting role

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

50.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Sold for adult dogs of any size. A 15kg adult in moderate condition eats 210 grams a day of either; pick the variety by the meat your dog already tolerates.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lamb 50.7
Chicken 50.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

What a short, honest label and a named meat earn, a heavy cereal load gives back; for a dog that thrives on routine, matching the field is no failure.

What's in it

Brown rice67%Keeps its bran, so more fibre and B vitamins than white rice. At this level the meat comes second.
Dried chicken20%Water out before weighing, so a concentrated figure you can trust.
Oats, peas
Salmon oil1%Marine omega 3.
Chicken oil, sunflower oilEnergy, taste and omega 6. The chicken oil means neither variety is single-animal.
Seaweed0.5%
Minerals
Green tea extract, blueberry extract0.01% eachAntioxidants at a dose best read as a gesture.

Taurine at 1000 mg per kilo and vitamin C, with copper, manganese and zinc as amino acid chelates for easier uptake.

Named ingredients

Brown Rice (67%), Dried Chicken (20%), Oats, Peas, Salmon Oil (1%), Chicken Oil, Sunflower Oil, Seaweed (0.5%), Minerals, Green Tea Extract (0.01%), Blueberry Extract (0.01%).

Against the range

Meat: Dried chicken 20%; Dried lamb 22% in the other
Brown rice: 67%; 58% in the lamb
Protein, as fed: 20.0%; 18.5% in the lamb
Bags: 6kg and 12kg; The lamb comes in 12kg only

Less meat per bowl than the lamb, yet the marginally higher protein reading.

Both recipes are brown rice first, 67% in the chicken and 58% in the lamb, with one dried named meat behind it, then oats and peas. Salmon, chicken and sunflower oils share the fat work, so neither is truly single-animal. Fat stays low in both, and taurine and chelated minerals are dosed on the panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

329.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

60.2%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

20%

Carbs

76.1%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

2.9%

Other

0.5%

Pricing & size