Briantos Adult Mobility Grain-Free: Chicken & Potato review

A Good band finish here matches the typical adult dry food, so this is a middle-of-the-road recipe by our reading. Protein and processing and nutritional balance both read Average, with transparency at Excellent and value at Good. The intent lifts it for the right owner. The label prints an actual dose for the joint pair, and the restrained fat suits the older, slower dogs it is aimed at. Carbohydrate runs a touch above usual, at an estimated 48.1% of dry matter against the typical 46.2%, which is the main thing holding it to the middle.

Ingredients, as declared: 25% chicken protein (dried), 20.4% potatoes (dried), potato starch (dried), cellulose, 5% sweet potatoes (dried), dried beet pulp (desugared), poultry fat, poultry protein (dried), protein hydrolysate, peas (dried), monocalcium phosphate, fish oil, chicory (dried), yeast (dried, rich in beta-glucans and mannan-oligosaccharides), 0.1% glucosamine, 0.1% chondroitin sulphate, psyllium, sodium chloride, celery (dried), carrots (dried)

Dried chicken protein at 25% is the recipe's engine, and dried meat is already concentrated, so that declared figure carries through to the finished kibble rather than cooking away. Protein converts to 28.0% of dry matter.

The mobility case is made in print: glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate at 0.1% each, fish oil for omega 3s, and taurine dosed at 200mg among the additives. Psyllium, a soft soluble fibre, is a thoughtful inclusion for older digestion.

Potatoes at 20.4% and potato starch hold the biscuit together, with 5% sweet potato bringing rather more nutritional interest than the plain sort. Cellulose sits fairly high on the list; it is refined bulk fibre that fills without feeding, a common tool in lighter recipes but never a highlight.

Two entries keep their species to themselves, the poultry fat and the secondary poultry protein. Neither is unusual in a kibble at this level, but they do mean the bowl contains birds beyond the named chicken, in unspecified proportions.

Vitamin E is dosed generously at 400 IU, and part of the zinc comes in the chelated form for better uptake. The whole vitamin and mineral panel carries printed figures, more openness than many labels manage.

£2.83 a kilo in the 12kg bag.

Fed to a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition, that translates to roughly 279 grams and £0.79 a day, using the usual maintenance arithmetic of about 840 kcal daily (110 × bodyweight^0.75). The label's own table suggests 175 to 245 grams for a 10kg dog, scaling with weight, so treat the estimate as a starting point.