Ci Foods

Ci Foods Ci Lazy Bones: Lamb & Rice review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Lazy Bones: Lamb & Rice
Brand: Ci Foods

56.1/100Good

DryAdult

A lamb and rice kibble for the dog whose favourite walk is the one to the bowl. It reads Good on our scale, level with the typical adult dry food. Energy and fat are both kept low, and the recipe stays plain.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Low-mileage dogs, at 345 kcal per 100g with fat at 9.5%
Dogs that hold weight too easily on standard adult food
A familiar lamb and rice flavour without a parade of extras
Dogs whose pace has dropped a gear before they reach senior age

Worth watching

Chicken fat mid-list, so not chicken free
Ash at 9% and calcium at 2.5% of dry matter, high for an adult food
Grains do much of the carrying, with carbohydrate at 52.7% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

56.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. If your vet has ever flagged urinary trouble or mineral intake, the high calcium is the line to show them.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 56.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Par for the dry shelf: a fair dried-meat share and familiar grains, with the mineral balance holding nutrition back.

What's in it

Dried lamb26%No fresh lamb; on a kibble the dried form is what delivers the protein.
Lamb gravy2%
Rice26%Heads the grain block.
Oats, barley
Brewer's yeastNatural B vitamins.
Chicken fatEnergy and flavour, and the reason a lamb-only reading of the label would be wrong.
Beet pulp2%Fibre.
Minerals, vitamins
Yucca schidigera extract190mg/kgFor stool odour.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, zinc and manganese as sulphates, and selenium as sodium selenite, the basic inorganic form.

Calcium at 2.5% of dry matter. Healthy adults take it in their stride; it matters for dogs with a mineral history.

Named ingredients

Lamb 28% (including Dried lamb 26% & Lamb gravy 2%), Rice (26%), Oats, Barley, Brewers Yeast, Chicken Fat, Beet Pulp 2%, Minerals, Vitamins, Yucca Schidigera Extract 190mg/kg

Against the range

One lamb and rice recipe for less active dogs. Lamb is declared at 28%, nearly all of it dried, and rice at 26% heads a grain block of oats and barley. Chicken fat sits mid-list, and the extras stop at brewer's yeast, beet pulp and yucca.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

52.7%

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

Added water

26%

Carbs

61.2%

Oils

2.8%

Other

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £3.33 (RRP)
Pack: 2kg Trial Bag, 4 x 2kg (same variety), 4 x 2kg (mixed varieties), 12kg Sack
A 15kg dog eats: 180 to 290 g a day, 235 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.78

Budget end of the market for a dry food, though the analysis gives a little less than the price suggests.

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