62/100Good
Burns
Burns Weight Control+ review
50.4/100Good
DryAdult
A diet food built around oats instead of stripped down to nothing. Oats at 55% carry the fibre that makes a smaller ration feel like a meal, and energy is printed at 322 kcal per 100g. Fewer calories and longer fullness are what it is for, and the label delivers both.
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Our view
Likely to suit
- Dogs carrying more than they should, at 322 kcal per 100g against a typical 357
- Hungry dieters. Fibre at 7.5% helps a reduced ration satisfy
- A slimming food kept to one named animal, chicken for both meat and oil
- Overweight dogs of any size
Worth watching
- Oats and brown rice make up most of the bag, so a grain-sensitive dog needs another recipe
- A deliberately modest meat share: this is a purpose-built diet food
Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.
How this scores
How we score50.4/100Good
Protein and processingAverage
Nutritional balancePoor
TransparencyOutstanding
ValueGood
The details
Dog fit
Listed for adults of every size. The bag's table is set for weight loss, so portion to the waistline as the weight comes off.
Food type
Dry
Life stage
Adult
Breed size
Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant
Main protein
Chicken
The score, in context
- Burns Weight Control+ 50.4
All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.
Our bands favour meat-forward building and this label leans the other way on purpose, so the reading says little about how well it does the slimming job.
What's in it
- Oats55%An unusual lead, and the whole strategy: fibre, manganese and B vitamins.
- Brown rice18%
- Dried chicken17%The only animal present. Weighed dry, so protein still converts to 20.1% of dry matter.
- Peas
- Chicken oilKeeps the added fat on the same species.
- Seaweed0.5%Natural iodine.
- Minerals
Taurine at 1000mg per kilo, vitamins A, D3 and E, and copper, manganese and zinc as amino acid chelates with selenised yeast.
Named ingredients
Oats (55%), Brown Rice (18%), Dried Chicken (17%), Peas, Chicken Oil, Seaweed (0.5%), Minerals.
Against the range
Oats lead at 55% with brown rice at 18%, and dried chicken at 17% is the only animal in the bag. Chicken oil keeps the added fat on the same species. Fibre is raised to 7.5% as declared, and the trace minerals are chelated.
Nutritional analysis
Declared analysis
Energy
322 kcal/100g
Protein
18.5%
Fat
7.5%
Fibre
7.5%
Ash
6.5%
Moisture
8%
Dry weight
Protein
20.1%
Fat
8.2%
Fibre
8.2%
Ash
7.1%
Carbs
56.4%
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
17%
Carbs
79.2%
Veg
0.5%
Oils
2%
Other
1.3%
Pricing & size
- Price per kilo
- £3.31 (RRP)
- Pack
- 2kg, 6kg, 12kg
- A 15kg dog eats
- 150 g a day
- Cost per day, 15kg dog
- £0.50
The table asks 100 grams a day at 10kg, 150 at 15kg and 200 at 20kg, all set for weight loss.
You pay a little more than the analysis alone shows, the trade for a purpose-built diet recipe.
Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.
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