62/100Good
Burns
Burns Sensitive Duck & Brown Rice review
48.6/100Average
DryAdult
A less common meat with the brand's trademark plainness, written for dogs whose stomachs protest at richer recipes. Duck supplies every animal ingredient in the bag, right down to the fat. It comes in at our Average band.
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Our view
Likely to suit
- Dogs that have fallen out with chicken
- Delicate digestions, the job it is named for
- Dogs kept away from fish; the oil is sunflower
- One bag for several dogs, toy to giant
Worth watching
- Two cereals, rice and oats, so not for a confirmed cereal issue
- Carbohydrate at an estimated 61.9% of dry matter
Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.
How this scores
How we score48.6/100Average
Protein and processingAverage
Nutritional balancePoor
TransparencyOutstanding
ValueAverage
The details
Dog fit
Listed for adults of every size. The pack's table gives 140 grams at 10kg and 280 grams at 20kg; feed to the label and adjust.
Food type
Dry
Life stage
Adult
Breed size
Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant
Main protein
Duck
The score, in context
- Burns Sensitive Duck & Brown Rice 48.6
All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.
Burns trades protein depth for simplicity on purpose, which is what a sensitive dog's owner is shopping for.
What's in it
- Brown rice64%Carries the energy.
- Dried duck22%Water already out. Uncommon enough that many dogs have never met it.
- Oats
- PeasFibre and a little plant protein.
- Duck fatKeeps even the fat on one species.
- Sunflower oilLinoleic acid for the skin.
- Seaweed0.5%Iodine, the Burns signature.
- Minerals
Taurine at 1000mg, chelated trace minerals, and selenium as selenised yeast, the organic form generally considered the better one.
No moisture is declared, so the dry matter figures assume the standard 8%.
Named ingredients
Brown Rice (64%), Dried Duck (22%), Oats, Peas, Duck Fat, Sunflower Oil, Seaweed (0.5%), Minerals.
Against the range
One short label: brown rice at 64%, dried duck at 22% as the only animal down to the fat, then oats, peas, sunflower oil and seaweed. No fish, no second meat.
Nutritional analysis
Declared analysis
Energy
332.2 kcal/100g
Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*
Protein
18.5%
Fat
8%
Fibre
2%
Ash
6.5%
Dry weight
Protein
20.1%
Fat
8.7%
Fibre
2.2%
Ash
7.1%
Carbs
61.9%
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
22%
Carbs
74.7%
Veg
0.5%
Oils
2.3%
Other
0.6%
Pricing & size
- Price per kilo
- £5.75 (RRP)
- Pack
- 2kg, 6kg, 12kg
- A 15kg dog eats
- 210 g a day
- Cost per day, 15kg dog
- £1.21
Premium end of the dry market, and you pay more than the analysis alone would justify.
Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.
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