Ci Foods

Ci Foods Ci Peptide Plus: Dental Care review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Peptide Plus: Dental Care
Brand: Ci Foods

58/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

The sensitive-dog line from Ci: four grain-free recipes on hydrolysed protein, each with a toolkit for one named job. Three land in our Good band and Weight Control a step below in Average. The protein arrives pre-broken into peptides a reactive system is less likely to object to.

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Our view

Likely to suit

The dog that seems to disagree with every bag, the one hydrolysed protein is made for
Teeth, tummy, coat or waistline, each targeted without changing brand
Turkey and nothing else, in the Gastro Care
Grain-free homes, with potato and sweet potato in every recipe

Worth watching

Everyday foods with a therapeutic flavour, not prescription diets; a dog under veterinary care follows the vet's plan
Cellulose or lignocellulose as inert bulking fibre in three of the four
Soya oil in Skin & Coat

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

How this scores

How we score

58/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. Read the version, not the range: check which animals each one carries before ordering for a reactive dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Gastro Care 59.0
Dental Care 58.0
Skin 54.8
Weight Control 49.9

Four recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Gastro Care posts the strongest reading and Weight Control the most modest; transparency is Outstanding right across, fitting for a range sold on knowing what your dog eats.

What's in it

Freshly prepared hydrolysed turkey29.5%Pre-broken into smaller peptides.
Sweet potato, potatoThe starch.
Hydrolysed dried salmon12.5%A second animal, so not single protein.
Turkey fat8%
Beet pulp, cellulose2.5% celluloseCellulose bulks and sweeps without feeding the dog; here that is the point.
Hydrolysed turkey gravy2%
Plaque Defence2%Sodium hexametaphosphate at 6,150 mg/kg, a recognised tartar softener, with seaweed, peppermint, cranberry and green tea.
Minerals, dried marigoldMarigold for lutein.
FOS, MOS175 mg/kg, 50 mg/kgPrebiotics.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, plus methionine.

Turkey and salmon both appear, so this version is not single protein.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed Turkey (29.5%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Hydrolysed Dried Salmon (12.5%), Turkey Fat (8%), Beet Pulp, Cellulose (2.5%), Hydrolysed Turkey Gravy (2%), Plaque Defence™ 2% (Sodium Hexametaphosphate 6,150 mg/kg, Seaweed 0.6%, Peppermint 0.4%, Cranberry 0.2%, Green Tea Extract 0.2%), Minerals, Dried Marigold (Source of Lutein), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 175 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 50 mg/kg

Against the range

Meat: Turkey 29.5%, salmon 12.5%; Turkey only on Gastro Care; fish on the other two.
Plaque Defence: 2%; On no other version.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 46.8%; The highest; 41.9% on Weight Control.

The one to pick when tartar is the job.

Four grain-free recipes on hydrolysed animal protein, the turkey, salmon and white fish broken into smaller fragments an over-alert immune system is less likely to recognise. The species stay named on every label. Potato and sweet potato supply the starch in all four, and carbohydrate runs from 41.9% to 46.8% of dry matter.

Each version then adds its own toolkit for one job. Cellulose or lignocellulose bulks three of them. On the single-protein question they differ: only Gastro Care keeps to one animal.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

356 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

14.5%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

15.8%

Fibre

5.4%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

46.8%

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

44%

Carbs

37.6%

Oils

Other

10.4%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £7.50 (RRP)
Pack: 1.5kg Trial Bag, 4 x 1.5kg, 4 x 1.5kg (mixed versions), 10kg Sack (FREE SHIPPING)
A 15kg dog eats: 150 to 250 g a day, 200 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.50

Premium end of the market for a dry food, and the price runs ahead of what the analysis shows.

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