Burns

Burns Large & Giant Breed Original review

Name: Burns Large & Giant Breed Original
Brand: Burns

50.5/100Good

DryAdult

Burns' plain chicken and rice cooking scaled up for the biggest dogs in the room. Brown and white rice make the base, dried chicken supplies 23%, and taurine is dosed at 1000mg per kilo. It sits in our Good band, and for a giant breed that gains weight at the sight of a full bowl, the restraint is closer to a feature than a flaw.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant adults that do better on a gentle bowl, with fat held at 7.5%
A short label with every ingredient named, from the chicken oil to the seaweed
Big dogs that put on weight without trying
Big-chested breeds whose owners like to see taurine in print

Worth watching

Dried fish partway down, so it suits neither a chicken-only plan nor a fish-free one
Rice does most of the carrying, worth weighing for a dog that thrives on meatier food

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

How this scores

How we score

50.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large and giant breed adults. The bag's table asks 300 grams a day at 30kg, rising to 650 grams at 80kg, so weigh the portion against your dog's frame.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Burns Large & Giant Breed Original 50.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing on the label should alarm a careful owner; the reading comes down to how much of the bowl the rice carries.

What's in it

Brown rice44%The base.
Dried chicken23%Goes in dry, so the figure is concentrated. The one meat headline.
White rice13%
Chicken oil, sunflower oilEvery fat named; the sunflower brings natural vitamin E.
Oats, peasFibre and a little plant protein.
Dried fishNo species given. A top-up of protein, and the end of any fish-free plan.
Seaweed0.5%The traditional Burns touch, a natural source of iodine.
Minerals

Taurine at 1000mg and vitamin C at 50mg per kilo, with zinc at 50mg, manganese at 20mg and copper at 12mg as amino acid chelates.

Named ingredients

Brown Rice (44%), Dried Chicken (23%), White Rice (13%), Chicken Oil, Oats, Peas, Sunflower Oil, Dried Fish, Seaweed (0.5%), Minerals.

Against the range

Two rices sit around the one meat headline, so protein converts to 20.1% of dry matter and carbohydrate to an estimated 62.8%, where 46.2% is typical of adult dry food. Calcium works out at 1.2% of dry matter, comfortable for heavy-boned adults.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

330.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

18.5%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

20.1%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

62.8%

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

24.8%

Carbs

67.7%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

6.4%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size