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Ci Foods Ci Puppy Power: Chicken & Rice review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Puppy Power: Chicken & Rice
Brand: Ci Foods

61.1/100Good

DryPuppy

A chicken and rice growth kibble in our Good band, and unusually forthcoming about itself. The chicken is broken down into dried chicken, fat and gravy, each with a share. Calcium is declared and sits inside what growth needs, which takes a good deal of guesswork out of the first months.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium breed puppies, the sizes the maker built it for
Owners who check the calcium line before anything else
Pups that do well on chicken: 38%, with dried chicken at 31%
Dosed extras in print, from MOS and FOS at 530 mg/kg each to glucosamine and chondroitin for the joints
Anyone bothered by the garden smell. Yucca extract is in at 240 mg/kg

Worth watching

Dried fish with no species name, a gap on a strict elimination diet
Carbohydrate at 44.0% of dry matter against 39.0% for a typical puppy kibble
Fat modest at 14.1% of dry matter, so a very busy pup may need bigger meals

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

How this scores

How we score

61.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and medium breed puppies. Start from the bag's guide for your pup's current weight and move the scoop as the weeks pass.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 61.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A label that names its chicken in three forms, doses every extra and prints a workable calcium figure earns its place; the cereal base is what stops it climbing.

What's in it

Chicken: dried chicken, chicken fat, chicken gravy38% (31%, 5%, 2%)Dried chicken has lost its water, so its share carries into the kibble much as printed.
Rice18%Among the gentlest cereals for a young dog.
Maize, oats
Beet pulp5%The fibre.
Dried fishThe one entry with no species named. There for marine omega 3.
Vegetable stock, free range egg, brewer's yeastEgg is about as digestible as protein gets; yeast carries B vitamins.
Linseed, omega 3 supplementBacking up the fish.
Minerals, vitamins
MOS, FOS530 mg/kg eachFor the gut.
Yucca extract, glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate240, 90, 90 and 60 mg/kgYucca for stool odour; the rest for the joints.

Vitamins A and D3, L-carnitine at 100 mg for turning fat into energy, and zinc, iron and copper partly as amino acid chelates.

Calcium converts to 1.3% of dry matter, declared and inside the range growth needs.

Named ingredients

Chicken 38% (Including Dried Chicken 31%, Chicken Fat 5% & Chicken Gravy 2%) Rice (18%), Maize, Oats, Beet Pulp (5%), Dried Fish, Vegetable Stock, Freshly Prepared Free Range Egg, Brewer's Yeast, Linseed, Minerals, Vitamins, Omega 3 supplement, MOS (530 mg/kg), FOS (530 mg/kg), Yucca Extract (240 mg/kg), Glucosamine (90 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (90 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (60 mg/kg)

Against the range

One chicken and rice recipe for growing small and medium breeds. Chicken is declared at 38% and itemised, rice, maize and oats make the base, and every functional extra in the tail carries a dose. Calcium is declared and converts to 1.3% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

369 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

44%

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

45.7%

Added water

10.8%

Carbs

40%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £3.42 (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: £0.80

Puppy portions change week by week, so revisit the scoop as your pup grows.

Budget end of the dry market, though you are paying a little more than the analysis alone would justify.

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