Briantos

Briantos Adult Active review

Name: Briantos Adult Active
Brand: Briantos

45.9/100Average

DryAdult

A workmanlike kibble for dogs that put in a proper shift, sitting in our Average band. Fat is lifted to 16% and L-carnitine is dosed at 500mg, with green-lipped mussel as a thoughtful extra. A second meat meal with no animal named, and maize gluten topping up the protein, stop the label reading cleanly.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs that need energy through long days
Active breeds with joints under load. Green-lipped mussel brings its marine omega 3s
Dogs that burn through fuel, with L-carnitine helping the body turn fat into energy
Big appetites. It comes in a 14kg sack

Worth watching

A meat meal naming no animal, so there is no way to rule out a trigger for a dog with a known meat intolerance
Maize gluten adds plant protein
Fish oil is in the mix, for a dog kept strictly off fish

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

How this scores

How we score

45.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Written for active adults. Match the bag to real workload: the same energy turns into a waistline problem in a dog whose main duty is the sofa.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Briantos Adult Active 45.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap to the typical adult kibble is about openness more than danger: an unnamed meat meal, maize gluten and no declared moisture.

What's in it

Poultry meat meal22%Water already out, so it counts for more than fresh meat. Poultry is a family, not a species.
Rice20%
Barley, maizeMore of the carbohydrate.
Poultry fatWhere the raised fat comes from.
Meat mealNo animal named at all.
Dried beet pulp, maize glutenMaize gluten tops up the protein from the plant side, which the body uses less well than meat.
Protein hydrolysate, dried peas, dried brewer's yeastYeast for B vitamins.
Fish oilOmega 3s.
Sodium chloride, potassium chloride
Mussel meat meal (green-lipped mussel)The nicest surprise on the list, with a long-standing reputation around joints.

A vitamin panel dosed in print, L-carnitine at 500mg, and part of the zinc as a chelate, the form generally absorbed more readily.

No moisture declared, so our dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Poultry meat meal (22%), rice (20%), barley, maize, poultry fat, meat meal, dried beet pulp, maize gluten, protein hydrolysate, peas (dried), dried brewer's yeast, fish oil, sodium chloride, mussel meat meal (green-lipped mussel), potassium chloride

Against the range

One kibble for working and sporting adults, with the fat lifted to 16%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

5.9%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.4%

Carbs

45.2%

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

28.4%

Carbs

65.1%

Oils

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size