Briantos

Briantos Adult Grain-Free: Lamb & Potato review

Name: Briantos Adult Grain-Free: Lamb & Potato
Brand: Briantos

53.8/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free range in our Good band where potato takes the place of Briantos's usual cereals. Each version gets a genuine 20% helping of its named dried protein, duck, lamb or salmon. Poultry protein and poultry fat still do a share of the work underneath, so grain free here does not mean single protein.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do better with no cereal at all
Owners who want the named animal declared at a meaningful level
Adults of almost any build, with feeding amounts from 1kg to 80kg
Flavour fatigue. Only the lead protein changes between bags

Worth watching

Dried poultry protein and poultry fat in all three, so no poultry-free elimination plan
Fish oil in every version
Cellulose on every list, bulk more than nourishment

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

How this scores

How we score

53.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. If poultry is the suspected problem, this range is the wrong place to test it: check the list before you order.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Duck 56.9
Salmon 54.2
Lamb 53.8

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Honest headline proteins earn the three their place, while unnamed poultry, cellulose and a starch-led middle hold the labels back.

What's in it

Lamb protein, dried20%
Potatoes, dried; potato starch20%
Poultry protein, driedNot quantified on this bag.
Poultry fat
Beet pulp, desugared
Sweet potatoes, dried3%
Cellulose, protein hydrolysate, dried peasCellulose adds bulk more than nourishment.
Fish oil
Chicory, brewer's yeast, celery, carrots

Vitamins A, D3 and E, B vitamins and choline, with iodine, copper, selenium and zinc partly as a chelate.

Calcium runs highest here at 2.44% of dry matter, worth knowing for a dog that needs minerals kept modest.

Named ingredients

20% lamb protein (dried), 20% potatoes (dried), potato starch (dried), poultry protein (dried), poultry fat, dried beet pulp (desugared), 3% sweet potatoes (dried), cellulose, protein hydrolysate, peas (dried), fish oil, chicory (dried), brewer's yeast (dried), celery (dried), carrots (dried)

Against the range

Ash, dry matter: 10.0%; The highest; 8.2% on the duck.
Calcium, dry matter: 2.44%; 1.46% on the duck, 1.59% on the salmon.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 43.7%; The lowest; up to 46.1% on the duck.

The red-meat option, best kept for a dog with no reason to hold minerals down.

Each version opens with 20% of its named protein in dried form, concentrated enough to count for far more than fresh meat would. Dried potato at 20%, potato starch and some sweet potato replace grain, and estimated carbohydrate of 43.7% to 46.1% of dry matter shows the type of starch changes, not the amount.

Underneath sit dried poultry protein and poultry fat in all three, then beet pulp, cellulose, peas, chicory, brewer's yeast and fish oil. Protein converts to 28.0% of dry matter on every bag, and moisture is declared at a relatively high 18%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

322.5 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

8.2%

Moisture

18%

Dry weight

Protein

28%

Fat

14.6%

Fibre

3.7%

Ash

10%

Carbs

43.7%

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

35.3%

Carbs

54.7%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

5.5%

Other

3.7%

Pricing & size