Burgess Sensitive Senior Dog

2 prices from Zooplus UK

Burgess Sensitive Senior Dog

DryCompleteSeniorContains grainFish oil
18/ 100
WeakTied 1,007th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • 16% meat
  • About 54% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Rice, turkey meal (16%), salmon, dried beet pulp (4.5%), minerals… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
16%
Protein, dry weight
22%
Carbs, dry weight
~54%
kcal/100 g
318

Ingredients

Listed first: Rice. 16% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 16%
  • Plants 7.5%
  • Other 2%
  • No amount given 74.5%

Rice, turkey meal (16%), salmon, dried beet pulp (4.5%), minerals, poultry fat, linseeds (2%), poultry gravy, lignocellulose, oat feed, fish oil (1%), dried alfalfa (1%), dried seaweed (0.5%), yeast (as a source of 0.18% prebiotics mannan-oligosacchardies), mono-, di- and triglycerides (0.15%), chicory root extract (as a source of 0.1% prebiotic fructo-oligosacchardies), Yucca schidigera (0.023%), glucosamine (0.014%)

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamins: vitamin A (20,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1500 IU), vitamin E (300mg), taurine (1000mg), L-carnitine (150mg). Trace elements: zinc [as zinc sulphate monohydrate] (100mg), zinc [as zinc chelate of protein hydrolysate] (25mg), iron [as iron-(II)-sulphate monohydrate] (40mg), manganese [as manganese-(II)-oxide] (10mg), copper [as copper-(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (5mg), iodine [as calcium iodate anhydrous] (1mg), selenium [as sodium selenite] (0.15mg). Antioxidants: tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils (150mg).

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Rice”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
RiceGrainNot given
turkey meal (16%)Named meat16%
salmonNamed meatPart of the item above
dried beet pulp (4.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant4.5%
mineralsOtherNot given
poultry fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
linseeds (2%)Vegetable, fruit or plant2%
poultry gravyFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
lignocelluloseOtherNot given
oat feedGrainNot given
fish oil (1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient1%
dried alfalfa (1%)Vegetable, fruit or plant1%
dried seaweed (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
yeast (as a source of 0.18% prebiotics mannan-oligosacchard…Other0.2%
mono-OtherNot given
di- and triglycerides (0.15%)Other0.1%
chicory root extract (as a source of 0.1% prebiotic fructo-…Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.1%
Yucca schidigera (0.023%)Other0.023%
glucosamine (0.014%).Other0.014%

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Nutrition

Protein 22% and carbs about 54%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein20%22%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat9%10%
Carbohydrate~49%~54%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
Ash8.5%9.4%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy318 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 18

The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Starch scored lowest (1.9 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    6 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label5.6 / 35 points

      16% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.4 / 10 points

      Protein is 22.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    1.9 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 54.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.

  4. What kind of meat?

    6 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed6 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal, which earns 50% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Tied 1,007th of 1,171 dry foods. 18 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 54% to 34% by dry weight, and protein is about 32%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 28 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 28 nothing flagged
  • 2 not in our ingredient database yet
28 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, antioxidants, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicory root extract, fish oil, glucosamine, l-carnitine, lignocellulose, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, oats, poultry fat, rice, salmon, seaweed, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), turkey, yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
2 not in our ingredient database yet

Di- and triglycerides, mono-

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 12% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12.5kg · £68.39 up 12% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 12.5kg£68.39£2.74/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK12.5kg · £34.99 up 12% since 10 Aug12.5kg£34.99£2.80/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK up 12%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12.5kg£34.99£2.80/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12.5kg£68.39£2.74/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12.5kg£34.99£2.80/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12.5kg£68.39£2.74/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12.5kg£31.29£2.50/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12.5kg£60.99£2.44/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 17 to 19 points higher and cost up to 23% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
41% this food 16%
Carbs
about 46% this food about 54%
To feed
8% less per 1,000 kcal

+19 pointsCompare

Meat
45% this food 16%
Carbs
about 49% this food about 54%
To feed
23% more per 1,000 kcal

+19 pointsCompare

Meat
41% this food 16%
Carbs
about 47% this food about 54%
To feed
3% more per 1,000 kcal

+17 pointsCompare

Meat
32% this food 16%
Carbs
about 44% this food about 54%
To feed
16% more per 1,000 kcal

+17 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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