CSJ

CSJ Herbie Rings review

Name: CSJ Herbie Rings
Brand: CSJ

54.8/100Good

DryAdult

A ring-shaped kibble with an unusually tidy animal side, and a Good result in our scoring. Chicken meal at a minimum of 24% is the only meat, and the fat and liver come from the same bird. Mint, fenugreek and seaweed give the rings their name; wheat does the binding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do well on chicken and nothing else
Narrowing a sensitivity down to one meat, as no second meat appears
Fussy eaters. Liver at 3% plus the mint and fenugreek give a smell dogs respond to
A firm floor under the meat: the chicken meal is declared as at least 24%

Worth watching

Wheat and wheat flour second and third on the list, so not one for a grain-intolerant dog
Salmon oil rules it out of a strict elimination trial

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

How this scores

How we score

54.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Check your dog's history with wheat before ordering the sack.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

CSJ Herbie Rings 54.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The chicken meal minimum and the printed liver figure pull the score up, and the wheat pair pull it back.

What's in it

Chicken mealmin 24%Dried and rendered, so nearly all of it survives into the kibble. A minimum is a floor, the stronger way to declare a meat.
Wheat, wheat flourThe binders. Fine for a dog with no grain trouble; the grain most often behind an intolerance.
Rice
Chicken fat, chicken liver3% for the liverSame bird. Liver is rich in B vitamins, vitamin A and copper.
Beet pulp, minerals
Salmon oilMarine omega 3 a dog uses directly, and the one non-chicken animal on the list.
Mint, fenugreek, seaweedThe trio behind the name: breath, appetite and iodine.
Yucca schidigeraFor stool odour.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with iron, copper, zinc and manganese each split between a sulphate or oxide and a more readily absorbed chelate.

No moisture figure on the label, so the dry-matter numbers assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Chicken meal (min 24%), Wheat, Wheat flour, Rice, Chicken fat, Chicken liver (3%), Beet pulp, Minerals, Salmon oil, Mint, Fenugreek, Seaweed, Yuccca schidigera.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

337 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

52.1%

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

27%

Carbs

64.6%

Veg

0.4%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size