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Ci Foods Ci Top Drawer Puppy: Chicken & Brown Rice review

Name: Ci Foods Ci Top Drawer Puppy: Chicken & Brown Rice
Brand: Ci Foods

75.3/100Excellent

WetPuppy

An Excellent chicken tray for puppies, 65% chicken with no other meat and a list short enough to read at a glance. The analysis backs the front of the tray: protein converts to 48.0% of dry matter and carbohydrate to 12.0%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies raised on chicken
Owners who want meat doing the building
Pups that need more water in their day; moisture is 75.0%
Fussy young eaters, as this much meat is hard to walk away from

Worth watching

No calcium figure, though the tray is offered for every size, giant included
Fish oil in the recipe, so it cannot anchor a fish-free elimination diet

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

How this scores

How we score

75.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Before settling a big pup on it, ask Ci for the calcium figure, and set the number of trays against the growth guide on the pack.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 75.3

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Holding the Excellent mark in a field that scores this strongly means something, and the short list earns it.

What's in it

Chicken65%The whole story, and the most digestible, best-liked meat in the category.
Brown rice5%
Dried peas, dried carrots1.3% eachThe label converts these to 4% peas and 10% carrots fresh.
Fish oilMarine omega 3 for a growing coat and brain, and the reason fish is on the allergen list.
Dried basil, parsley, rosemary, mint, sageSeasoning; the rosemary also slows the fats from turning.
Minerals, seaweed meal
High nucleotide yeast extract0.015%Gut and immune support.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.004%, 0.002%No working dose. A nod towards the joints.
Cranberry, yucca schidigera0.002%, 0.025%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc and manganese partly as amino acid chelates, plus iron, copper, iodine and selenium.

No calcium figure on the label. For a large-breed puppy, ask Ci for it.

Named ingredients

Chicken (65%), 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

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

99.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

12%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

48%

Fat

22%

Fibre

Ash

12%

Carbs

12%

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

65%

Added water

18%

Carbs

11.6%

Veg

2.4%

Oils

1.2%

Other

1.8%