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Ci Foods Ci Tickety Boo: Duck, Sweet Potato & Orange (Tiny Bites) review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Tickety Boo: Duck, Sweet Potato & Orange (Tiny Bites)
Brand: Ci Foods

69.3/100Good

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

69.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

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

Main protein

Duck

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

Duck: fresh, dried, stock52% (26%, 24%, 2%)
Sweet potato26%Leads the starch; no cereal.
Peas8%
Potato
Beet pulp, linseedFibre, and plant omega 3.
Omega 3 supplementIts source is not named.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock
Orange, cranberryorange 0.3%
FOS, MOS96 and 24 mg/kgPrebiotics, dosed in print.

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

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

Named ingredients

Duck 52% (Freshly Prepared Duck 26%, Dried Duck 24%, Duck Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (8%), Potato, Omega 3 Supplement, Linseed, Beet Pulp, Minerals, Orange (0.3%), Cranberry, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Duck 52%, dried share 24%; 50% with 20% dried on the standard duck
Fat, dry matter: 16.8%; 15.2% on the standard duck
Kibble: Tiny Bites; Standard cut on the other duck

Marginally the meatier of the two ducks, cut for little jaws.

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

375 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

41.8%

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

50%

Added water

Carbs

42.6%

Other

5.4%

Pricing & size