Burns

Burns Choice: Chicken & Maize review

Name: Burns Choice: Chicken & Maize
Brand: Burns

46.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A six-ingredient kibble with chicken as the only animal and nothing vague anywhere on the list. It lands in our Average band because most of the bag is maize. What is in it is never in doubt.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs held to a single protein: the meal and the oil are both chicken
Wheat-intolerant dogs, as maize carries all the starch
A senior and a younger dog sharing a kitchen, since one bag covers adult and senior
Owners worn out by long, cryptic labels. All six ingredients are named and the two biggest carry percentages

Worth watching

Maize at 72% makes this a cereal bowl, with carbohydrate estimated at 63.6% of dry matter
No route round a chicken sensitivity, as chicken supplies all the animal protein and fat

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

How this scores

How we score

46.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The maker's chart puts a 15kg dog at 210 grams a day; split the difference between the printed weights and watch the waist.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 46.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The maize share sets the placing; the clarity of the label is the part a band cannot capture, and for an intolerant dog it can matter more.

What's in it

Wholegrain maize72%Most of the food. Digests well once cooked and carries none of wheat's gluten.
Chicken meal17%Weighed dry, which is how a modest figure supports protein at 20.1% of dry matter.
PeasPlant protein and a little fibre.
Chicken oilKeeps the fat on the same species.
SeaweedTrace minerals, iodine among them.
Minerals

Taurine at 1000 mg a kilo, copper, manganese and zinc as amino acid chelates, and selenium as selenised yeast, the organic form usually better absorbed.

Named ingredients

Wholegrain Maize (72%), Chicken Meal (17%), Peas, Chicken Oil, Seaweed, Minerals

Against the range

Six ingredients and one animal. Wholegrain maize at 72% and chicken meal at 17% carry their percentages, with peas, chicken oil, seaweed and minerals behind them. Every animal entry is chicken, and there is no wheat.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

333.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

18.5%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

20.1%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

5.4%

Carbs

63.6%

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

17%

Carbs

78.4%

Veg

1.6%

Oils

2.1%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size