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Ci Foods Ci Tickety Boo Senior: Turkey With Sweet Potato & Cranberry review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Tickety Boo Senior: Turkey With Sweet Potato & Cranberry
Brand: Ci Foods

67.6/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

A Good grain-free senior pair, one on trout and salmon, one on turkey. Fat comes down for slower days, L-Carnitine is dosed at 480 mg per kilo, and glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin all carry printed doses. Protein stays where older muscle needs it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs starting to stiffen: glucosamine and MSM at 170 mg/kg each, chondroitin at 125 mg/kg
Seniors inclined to thicken as they slow down
Cereal kept out into old age, sweet potato and potato doing the binding
A gradual move from adult to senior, both bags covering the two stages

Worth watching

The fish recipe pairs trout with salmon, so no single-fish trial
An unnamed omega 3 supplement in the turkey
More starch than the adult siblings, at 51.6% and 47.9% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

67.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. The label's portion for a 15kg dog is 180 grams a day; weigh it out, as a senior's waistline moves quickly.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 67.6
Salmon 63.0

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Honest labelling and a declared meat share lift both; the extra starch that comes with a lighter senior recipe keeps them where they are.

What's in it

Freshly prepared turkey27%Part of a single-species 50%.
Dried turkey, turkey stock21%, 2%
Sweet potato16%
Potato, peas8% (peas)
Beet pulp, linseed
Omega 3 supplementNo source named.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock
Cranberry0.2%Carried over from the adult turkey recipe.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate, FOS, MOS170 mg/kg down to 24 mg/kg

L-Carnitine at 480mg, every trace mineral dosed, and selenium as sodium selenite at 0.3mg.

The omega 3 supplement is not named, which matters if fish must be avoided entirely.

Named ingredients

Turkey 50% (including Freshly Prepared Turkey 27%, Dried Turkey 21% & Turkey Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (16%), Potato, Peas 8%, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Cranberry (0.2%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/ kg), FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Animal: Turkey only; Trout and salmon in the other.
Protein, dry matter: 29.3%; 27.2% on the fish.
Fat, dry matter: 9.8%; 8.7% on the fish.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 47.9%; 51.6% on the fish.

The closer fit for a dog steering clear of fish, so far as the unnamed supplement allows.

Both labels put animal content at 50% and print the fresh and dried shares apart. The senior changes are shared: fat down to 8.7% and 9.8% of dry matter, energy at 340 and 343 kcal per 100g, L-Carnitine at 480 mg per kilo, and the same printed joint trio. Sweet potato, potato and peas bind both, with beet pulp, linseed and dosed FOS and MOS behind. What varies is the animal, the omega 3 source and a little starch.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

47.9%

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

29%

Added water

21.9%

Carbs

42.6%

Other

6.5%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £4.04 (RRP)
Pack: 2kg Trial Bag, 4 x 2kg (same variety), 4 x 2kg (mixed varieties), 13.5kg Sack
A 15kg dog eats: 135 to 225 g a day, 180 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £0.73

You pay a little more than the analysis on its own would justify.

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