Ci Foods

Ci Foods Ci Happy Go Lightly: Fish & Rice review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Happy Go Lightly: Fish & Rice
Brand: Ci Foods

53.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Light, grain-inclusive kibbles for dogs that do better on fewer calories, and all five sit in our Good band. Each one names its animal, prints how much is dried and how much fresh, and keeps fat modest. Rice and either barley or oats carry the rest.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that put on weight easily: fat between 8% and 10%, calories on the light side
Swapping between fish, lamb and turkey on one build
Greying dogs. The Senior turkey adds a fully dosed joint trio
Small breeds, with a Small Bite turkey sized for little jaws

Worth watching

Rice, barley and oats carry much of every recipe
An omega 3 supplement with no source in the lamb and turkeys
Moderate animal content, so the grains do a fair share of the feeding

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

How this scores

How we score

53.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with the Small Bite for small dogs and the Senior for older ones. Check the feeding table for your dog's weight; a light food only works if the portion matches.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Lamb 56.2
Turkey 55.8
Turkey 55.8
Fish 53.7
Turkey 52.1

All five Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A modest, honest build doing a low-calorie job, with the five separated only by small differences in nutritional balance.

What's in it

Fish: dried white fish, freshly prepared white fish, salmon gravy, salmon oil30% (15%, 11%, 2%, 2%)Every animal ingredient here is fish.
White rice, brown rice23%, 20%
Barley15%
Linseed, peas, alfalfaLinseed for plant omega 3.
Sunflower oil, vegetable stock, minerals, vitamins, seaweed
Omega 3 supplementNo source named.
FOS, chicory extract960mg/kg, 0.05%The prebiotics.
Yucca extract, dandelion190 mg/kgYucca with stool odour in mind.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, all as sulphates.

Named ingredients

Fish 30% (Including Dried White Fish 15%, Freshly Prepared White Fish 11%, Salmon Gravy 2% & Salmon Oil 2%), White Rice (23%), Brown Rice (20%), Barley (15%), Linseed, Peas, Alfalfa, Sunflower Oil, Vegetable Stock, Minerals, Vitamins, Seaweed, Omega 3 supplement, FOS (960mg/kg), Chicory Extract 0.04%), Yucca Extract (190 mg/kg), Dandelion

Against the range

Animal content: All fish; Lamb or turkey on the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 58.7%; 53.2% on the lamb up to 58.8%.
Energy: 353 kcal per 100g; The densest of the five.

The pick for a dog that does well on fish, and the one recipe that keeps every animal ingredient to fish.

Every recipe leads with a named animal at 26% to 34%, with the split printed and the dried form doing most of the work. Rice is in all five, with barley in the fish and lamb and oats in the turkeys.

Carbohydrate runs from 53.2% to 58.8% of dry matter, which is the trade for keeping fat between 8% and 10% and energy at 342 to 353 kcal per 100g. Linseed, seaweed, FOS and yucca run through the whole range; only the Senior adds a joint pack.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

353 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

58.7%

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

28%

Added water

3.1%

Carbs

62.1%

Veg

1.9%

Oils

0.9%

Other

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £4.00 (RRP)
Pack: 1.5kg Bag, 4 x 1.5kg (same variety), 4 x1.5kg (mixed varieties), 10kg Sack
A 15kg dog eats: 160 to 250 g a day, 205 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.82

About 205 grams a day for a 15kg adult.

Middle of the market for a dry food, with the price a little ahead of what the analysis shows.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.