Burns

Burns Puppy Mini review

Name: Burns Puppy Mini
Brand: Burns

52.1/100Good

DryPuppy

A gentle rice-based kibble for toy and small breed puppies, from a maker known for foods that sit quietly in a dog. Brown and white rice lead, dried chicken at 23% is the meat, and calcium is printed at 1.2% of dry matter. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Toy and small breed puppies, the two sizes it was built for
Pups with easily upset digestion, on a quiet base of rice and oats
Owners who want calcium printed, inside the range a small skeleton works to
One little dog, not a kennel: it comes in a single 2kg bag
Chelated trace minerals and a dosed taurine line

Worth watching

Protein at 22.8% of dry matter is modest for growth, so feed to the chart, never under it
Carbohydrate at 55.4% of dry matter against 39.0% for a typical puppy kibble
Dried fish behind the chicken, so two animals and no single-protein plan
No calorie figure on the label, so the energy line is our estimate

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

How this scores

How we score

52.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for toy and small breed puppies only; a medium or large pup needs a food for its finishing size. Small breeds finish growing early, so keep moving the scoop with the bag's guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Burns Puppy Mini 52.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Rice gives the recipe its shape and leaves one meat entry doing the animal work, which keeps protein low; for a little pup with a temperamental stomach it does a job the score cannot show.

What's in it

Brown rice44%Keeps more fibre and micronutrients than white.
Dried chicken23%Already dehydrated, so the share lands close to intact. The only meat entry.
White rice13%Digests faster; with the brown, a familiar pairing for a sensitive gut.
Chicken oil
OatsSoft fermentable fibre.
Peas
Sunflower oil
Dried fishMarine protein and omega 3, and the reason fish belongs on your allergy checklist.
Minerals, seaweedSeaweed brings iodine.

Taurine at 1000mg per kilo, copper, manganese and zinc as amino acid chelates that a dog absorbs more readily, and selenium as selenised yeast.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

55.4%

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

67.8%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

6.4%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size