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Ci Foods Ci Tickety Boo: Chicken, Sweet Potato & Herbs (Tiny Bites) review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Tickety Boo: Chicken, Sweet Potato & Herbs (Tiny Bites)
Brand: Ci Foods

68.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Fifteen grain-free kibbles on one template, each at least half declared animal, with the fresh, dried and stock shares itemised. Four sit in our Excellent band and eleven in Good. Tiny Bites and Mighty Bites stretch the same recipes from toy breeds to giants.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Rotation feeders: only the animal at the front changes
Dogs that need cereal kept out of the bowl
Very small or very large dogs, with kibble sized to the mouth
Named-meat diets, since most bags keep to one declared species

Worth watching

Two species in several bags: trout with salmon, salmon with tuna and with venison
One Tiny Bites bag named for chicken lists lamb on its panel
An omega 3 supplement with no named source

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

How this scores

How we score

68.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with the kibble cut matched to size. If your dog is protein sensitive, match the ingredients panel, not the front of the pack.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Chicken 71.8
Salmon 71.7
Beef 71.6
Pork 70.9
Duck 69.3
Duck 68.8
Turkey 68.7
Turkey 68.7
Chicken 68.6
Lamb 67.4
Lamb 66.6
Tuna 66.5
Venison 66.3
Salmon 66.2
Salmon 65.8

15 recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Fifteen bags on one construction still spread out a little, so pick by protein first and let the bands settle ties.

What's in it

Lamb: fresh, dried, stock50% (30%, 18%, 2%)Lamb, though the bag is named for chicken.
Sweet potato23%Leads the starch; no cereal.
Peas9%
Potato, pea proteinLifts the protein without another animal.
Beet pulp, linseedFibre, and plant omega 3.
Omega 3 supplementIts source is not named.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock
Mint0.2%
FOS, MOS96 and 24 mg/kgPrebiotics, dosed in print.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, each dosed per kilo.

Named Chicken, but the ingredients panel lists lamb at 50% with mint. Treat it as a lamb food and read the bag in your hand.

The omega 3 supplement's source is not named, which matters on a strict elimination diet.

Named ingredients

Lamb 50% (including Freshly Prepared Lamb 30%, Dried Lamb 18% & Lamb Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (23%), Peas (9%), Pea Protein, Potato, Linseed, Beet Pulp, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Mint (0.2%), FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat on the panel: Lamb 50%; Chicken 55% on the standard chicken bag
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 39.2%; Lowest in the range
Kibble: Tiny Bites; Standard cut on the full-size chicken

Until the labelling is reconciled, match the panel and not the front of the pack.

Fifteen grain-free recipes on one template. Each opens with the headline animal at half the recipe or more, split into fresh meat, dried meat and stock. Sweet potato, potato and peas carry the starch, with beet pulp, linseed and an omega 3 supplement of unnamed source behind them. FOS and MOS are dosed on every bag.

Protein converts to between 26.1% and 31.5% of dry matter and carbohydrate to between 39.2% and 48.8%. Kibble comes in a standard cut, Tiny Bites and Mighty Bites, and the trace mineral panel varies a little between bags.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

39.2%

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

32%

Added water

18.4%

Carbs

46.3%

Other

3.3%

Pricing & size