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Ci Foods Ci Top Drawer Adult: Duck & Brown Rice review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Top Drawer Adult: Duck & Brown Rice
Brand: Ci Foods

74.5/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Seven wet trays on one blueprint, four in our Excellent band and three just behind in Good. The animal changes from tray to tray, and that is the point: chicken, duck, lamb, fish and tripe each get a turn. The rest of the recipe barely moves, so a dog can rotate freely.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want the animal counted. All seven labels declare 60%
Dogs that lose interest in the same bowl, since only the meat changes
A dog that does well on a little wholegrain. Brown rice at 5% is the only cereal
Adventurous eaters: duck, lamb and tripe each get a tray
Dogs that ignore the water bowl, as most of every tray is moisture

Worth watching

Fish oil on all seven labels, which matters for a dog kept strictly off fish
Brown rice runs through the range, so a grain-free dog cannot take these
The turkey tray's published list reads as the fish recipe. Ask the maker before relying on it
Tripe on the Chicken, Tripe & Brown Rice tray is not tied to an animal

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

How this scores

How we score

74.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Check the fish oil and the rice against your dog's avoidances before ordering, and ask Ci for a calcium figure if you are building a diet to a target.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck 74.5
Chicken 73.6
Chicken 73.5
Lamb 73.0
Turkey 67.2
Fish 67.0
Chicken 61.9

Seven recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Not one of the seven is a weak link, and the supporting detail on the label holds them short of the top more than the recipes do.

What's in it

Duck60%The only tray to give duck the whole meat share.
Brown rice5%A wholegrain that cooks down easily.
Dried peas, dried carrots1.3% eachDeclared against their fresh weight: 4% peas, 10% carrots.
Fish oilFor omega oils. Not fish free.
Dried basil, parsley, rosemary, mint, sage
Minerals, high nucleotide yeast extract, seaweed meal
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.004%, 0.002%Too little to treat joints.
Cranberry, yucca schidigera0.002%, 0.025%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc and manganese partly as amino acid chelates, and selenium as sodium selenite, all printed with doses.

No calcium figure on the analysis anywhere in the range.

Named ingredients

: Duck (60%), Brown Rice (5%), Dried Peas (1.3% equivalent to 4% Peas), Dried Carrots (1.3% equivalent to 10% Carrots), Fish Oil, Dried Basil, Dried Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Dried Mint, Dried Sage, Minerals, High Nucleotide Yeast Extract (0.015%), Seaweed Meal, Glucosamine (0.004%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.002%), Cranberry (0.002%), Yucca Schidigera (0.025%)

Against the range

Energy: 134 kcal per 100g; The richest of the seven.
Moisture: 70.0%; 75% on the other six.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 23.4%; Highest in the range; 8.0% at the low end.

Worth a try for a dog the more common birds have upset.

Every tray opens with 60% named animal, either one species or two sharing the figure. Behind it sits the same short list: brown rice at 5% as the only cereal, then dried peas and carrots at 1.3% each, fish oil and five dried herbs. A tail of working extras includes glucosamine and chondroitin at trace levels.

What changes is the animal and the analysis. Protein runs from 35.0% to 48.0% of dry matter and estimated carbohydrate from 8.0% to 23.4%. Calcium is not declared on any tray, and the fish and turkey panels print no vitamin D3 or selenium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

133.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.5%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

70%

Dry weight

Protein

35%

Fat

28.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10%

Carbs

23.4%

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

60%

Added water

21%

Carbs

12.8%

Veg

2.8%

Oils

1.4%

Other

Pricing & size