Burns

Burns Senior: Chicken & Brown Rice review

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

47.7/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The Burns chicken and brown rice staple, reworked for older medium and large dogs, and the change is all in the small print. Glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin each carry a percentage on the list. It earns our Average band, a step under the typical adult dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and large breeds in their later years
Owners who want joint support printed with its percentages, on the list itself
An older dog that holds weight too easily: fat is trimmed to 7.0%
Seniors loyal to chicken and rice

Worth watching

Salmon oil in every bag, so not fish free and no use for a chicken-only trial
Rice carries much of the bowl, with carbohydrate estimated at 63.5% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

47.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and large adults and seniors. The pack guides 280 grams for a 20kg dog and 420 grams at 30kg, so weigh the dog before setting the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 47.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Rice leads by a distance and the senior extras sit at fractions of a percent, so the score settles at steady, which suits the dog it is written for.

What's in it

Brown rice67%Leads by a distance.
Dried chicken20%Water already out, so the share converts straight to protein. Still only 19.6% of dry matter.
Oats, peas
Salmon oil1%Marine omega 3, and the entry that rules out fish free.
Seaweed, minerals
Chicken oil, sunflower oil
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate0.05%, 0.05%, 0.036%The three supplements most reached for around stiff joints. The evidence for all three is mixed, but the doses are declared.
Green tea extract, blueberry extract0.01% eachAntioxidants at trace level.

Vitamin C at 50mg, vitamin E at a raised 200IU and taurine at 1000mg per kilo, with every trace mineral chelated.

No moisture declared; the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Brown Rice (67%), Dried Chicken (20%), Oats, Peas, Salmon Oil (1%), Seaweed, Minerals, Chicken Oil, Sunflower Oil, Glucosamine (0.05%), MSM -Methylsulfonylmethane (0.05%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.036%), Green Tea Extract (0.01%), Blueberry Extract (0.01%).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

326.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

18%

Fat

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

6.2%

Dry weight

Protein

19.6%

Fat

7.6%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

63.5%

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

75.9%

Veg

1.4%

Oils

1.8%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size