Ci Foods

Ci Foods Ci Peptide Plus: Skin & Coat review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Peptide Plus: Skin & Coat
Brand: Ci Foods

54.8/100Good

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

54.8/100Good

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

Salmon

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 salmon35%
Potato, sweet potato
Hydrolysed dried white fish14%A second fish.
Salmon oil4%The heart of the coat stack.
Beet pulp
Soya oil3%Some sensitive dogs are better without it.
Hydrolysed salmon gravy2.5%
Minerals, dried algae, borage oil0.2% each for algae and borage
Marigold

L-carnitine at 1,442mg, with vitamins A, D3 and E and zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine.

Soya oil at 3% is the entry for an owner of a sensitive dog to weigh.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Hydrolysed Salmon (35%), Potato, Sweet Potato, Hydrolysed Dried White Fish (14%), Salmon Oil (4%), Beet Pulp, Soya Oil (3%), Hydrolysed Salmon Gravy (2.5%), Minerals, Dried Algae (Schizochytrium sp.) (0.2%), Borage Oil (0.2%), Marigold (Source of Lutein)

Against the range

Meat: Salmon 35%, white fish 14%; Turkey on Dental and Gastro Care.
Added oils: Salmon, soya and borage; Salmon oil alone on Weight Control.
Energy: 381 kcal per 100g; The richest; 315 on Weight Control.

A deliberate stack of fats for the coat, with the soya oil as the catch.

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

381 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

45.6%

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

51.5%

Carbs

37%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

7.2%

Other

4.1%

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 230 g a day, 185 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.39

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.