Burns Adult & Senior Original - Lamb & Brown Rice

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Burns Adult & Senior Original - Lamb & Brown Rice

DryCompleteAdultContains grain
23/ 100
WeakTied 847th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • One animal protein: lamb
  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 58% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Brown rice (58%), dried lamb (24%), oats, lamb fat, peas… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
24%
Protein, dry weight
22%
Carbs, dry weight
~58%
kcal/100 g
316

Ingredients

Listed first: Brown rice. 24% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 24%
  • Grain 58%
  • Other 0.5%
  • No amount given 17.5%

Brown rice (58%), dried lamb (24%), oats, lamb fat, peas, seaweed (0.5%), minerals

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (25,000 IU), vitamin D3 (2000 IU), vitamin E (100 IU), taurine (1000mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (1mg), manganese [manganese chelate of amino acid hydrate] (20mg), zinc [zinc chelate of amino acid hydrate] (50mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants [mixed tocopherols]. May contain traces of other ingredients.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Brown 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
Brown rice (58%)Grain58%
dried lamb (24%)Named meat24%
oatsGrainNot given
lamb fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
seaweed (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
minerals.OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 22% and carbs about 58%, 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
Fat7.5%8.3%
Carbohydrate~52%~58%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.5%2.8%
Ash8%8.9%
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.

Energy316 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 23

The kind of meat scored best (8.4 of 15). Starch scored lowest (0.7 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    8.8 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label8.4 / 35 points

      24% 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?

    0.7 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 57.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    8.4 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed8.4 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as dried, which earns 70% 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 847th of 1,171 dry foods. 42 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 58% to 37% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.

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

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Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 15 ingredients.

15 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, antioxidants, lamb, minerals, oats, peas, rice, seaweed, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E)

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

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

Sources for these ingredients

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.

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg · £85.29Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg£85.29£3.55/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK12kg · £43.4912kg£43.49£3.62/kgVisit
Zooplus UK2kg · £10.99 down 12% since 10 Aug2kg£10.99£5.50/kgVisit
Zooplus UK6kg · £30.99Out of stock6kg£30.99£5.17/kgVisit

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

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£43.49£3.62/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK2kg£10.99£5.50/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK6kg£30.99 (out of stock)£5.17/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£85.29£3.55/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£43.49£3.62/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK2kg£10.99£5.50/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK6kg£30.99 (out of stock)£5.17/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£85.29£3.55/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£43.49£3.62/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK2kg£12.49£6.25/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK6kg£31.09£5.18/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£85.29£3.55/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 26 to 37 points higher and cost up to 13% more.

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

Sources

Matches the maker’s own page.

Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.

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

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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