Briantos

Briantos Adult Light review

Name: Briantos Briantos Adult Light
Brand: Briantos

43.2/100Average

DryAdultSenior

Briantos Adult Light goes about weight control the traditional way: fat trimmed right down to 6.5%, fibre lifted with cellulose so the bowl still feels full, and a simple poultry and grain base underneath. It lands in our Average band, largely down to family-level protein naming, a heavy carbohydrate load and a moisture figure the label leaves out. As a plain slimming tool for an otherwise healthy dog, it does what the name says.

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Our view

Likely to suit

When the vet says your dog needs to lose a little, the kindest answer is a bowl that still feels generous.

Overweight adult dogs on a slimming plan, with fat cut to 6.5% so calories drop without portions shrinking to nothing
Older dogs slowing down, since the label covers seniors as well as adults
Dogs that thrive on grain-based recipes, with rice, maize, barley and millet supplying the energy that remains
Food-motivated dogs on rations, because the added fibre bulks each portion so mealtimes stay satisfying

Worth watching

Before you commit to a diet food, its label deserves a slower read than most, and this one has gaps worth knowing about.

The poultry and pork proteins are named only by family, so a dog with a specific meat intolerance cannot avoid its trigger with confidence here
Cellulose does the bulking, a processed fibre that divides opinion even though it is doing exactly what a light diet asks of it
Carbohydrate is estimated at a hefty 57.7% of dry matter, so results will still depend on strict portioning
Moisture is missing from the label, meaning our dry-matter figures rest on an assumption

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

How this scores

How we score

43.2/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The Details

Dog fit

When the vet says your dog needs to lose a little, the kindest answer is a bowl that still feels generous. Before you commit to a diet food, its label deserves a slower read than most, and this one has gaps worth knowing about.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

This food sits in our Average band, a step below the Good band the typical adult dry food reaches, and it is worth understanding why. The label names no individual meat species, declares no moisture, and hands most of the recipe to carbohydrate and indigestible fibre. None of that is dangerous, and the low fat figure is real. Think of it as a blunt but usable slimming instrument. Nutritional polish is not what it is for.

What's in it

Ingredients, as declared: 17% poultry protein (dried), 14% rice, maize, barley, millet, millet (yellow), dried beet pulp (desugared), cellulose, pork protein (dried), protein hydrolysate, peas (dried), yeast (dried), fish oil, sodium chloride, potassium chloride

Named ingredients

17% poultry protein (dried), 14% rice, maize, barley, millet, millet (yellow), dried beet pulp (desugared), cellulose, pork protein (dried), protein hydrolysate, peas (dried), yeast (dried), fish oil, sodium chloride, potassium chloride

Nutritional additives

_Nutritional additives_: Vitamin A 12000 IU, vitamin D3 1200 IU, vitamin E 150mg, vitamin B1 3mg, vitamin B2 (riboflavin) 8mg, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride) 2mg, vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) 45µg, niacinamide 20mg, pantothenic acid 18mg, folic acid 0.3mg, biotin 200µg, choline chloride 1700mg, zinc (zinc oxide) 70mg, zinc (amino acid zinc chelate, hydrate) 45mg, copper (copper (II) sulphate, pentahydrate) 10mg, iodine (calcium iodate, anhydrous) 2mg, selenium (sodium selenite) 0.2mg _Technological additives:_ Antioxidants

Ingredient notes

Dried poultry protein at 17% leads, with dried pork protein further down. Both are concentrated dried ingredients, so the protein they deliver is genuine, finishing at 21.7% of dry matter, but both are named at family level only, which is the recurring transparency gripe with this label.

The grain block is broad: 14% rice, then maize, barley and two entries of millet. Carbohydrate converts to an estimated 57.7% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical for adult dry food, a high share even by diet-food standards, which is why portion discipline still matters.

The light mechanics are orthodox and effective. Fat drops to 6.5%, or 7.1% of dry matter, and fibre rises to 6.5% through cellulose and desugared beet pulp. The result is fewer calories in a similar volume of food, so the dog feels fed while the scales move.

Fish oil brings a modest omega 3 contribution, dried yeast adds B vitamins, and protein hydrolysate keeps a leaner recipe tasting interesting. Zinc arrives partly as a chelate, and the vitamin and mineral doses are all printed.

With no moisture declared, our dry-matter figures assume the standard 8% for kibble.

Price and value

£2.00 per kilo, in a 14kg bag.

Our standard maintenance energy estimate has a 15kg adult dog eating about 263 grams a day, around £0.53, though on a weight-loss plan the vet's target portion should overrule any general guide.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

319.4 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

5.9%

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

7.1%

Fibre

7.1%

Ash

6.4%

Carbs

57.7%

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

18.9%

Carbs

78.4%

Oils

0.2%

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size