Ci Foods

Ci Foods Ci Peptide Plus: Gastro Care review

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

59/100Good

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

59/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

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 turkey26%The start of an all-turkey animal side.
Sweet potato, potato
Hydrolysed dried turkey11.5%
Turkey fat9%
Pea proteinPlant protein lifting the figure.
Lignocellulose2.5%Purified plant fibre, functional and inert.
Hydrolysed turkey gravy2.5%
Minerals, dried yeast0.7% yeast
Dried marigold

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

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed Turkey (26%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Hydrolysed Dried Turkey (11.5%), Turkey Fat (9%), Pea Protein, Lignocellulose (2.5%), Hydrolysed Turkey Gravy (2.5%), Minerals, Dried Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) (0.7%), Dried Marigold (Source of Lutein)

Against the range

Other animals on the label: None: turkey only; Salmon or white fish on the other three.
Protein, dry matter: 27.2%; 22.8% on Dental Care to 31.5% on Weight Control.
List length: The shortest of the four; The others add a toolkit.

The clean single-protein choice in the range, aimed squarely at fragile stomachs.

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

374 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

44.1%

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

40%

Carbs

43.1%

Oils

Other

7.9%

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: 140 to 235 g a day, 190 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.43

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.