Briantos

Briantos Chunks in Gravy review

Name: Briantos Chunks in Gravy
Brand: Briantos

50.1/100Good

WetAdultSenior

An everyday tin of chunks and carrots that reads in our Good band, a band below the typical adult wet food. The label explains most of that, with only 4% of the animal content named. Where it does commit, it is careful: every additive carries a figure, taurine included.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat chunks in gravy far more keenly than a smooth pate
Adults and older dogs alike, as the maker puts the tin to both
Fussy eaters, who can move between turkey, lamb, salmon and chicken over the same recipe
Dogs that need help taking on water, with moisture at 80% and gravy to carry it
Taurine dosed, at 520 mg per kilo

Worth watching

Only 4% of the tin tied to a named animal, so no version can anchor an elimination diet
Grain is all the label says, and the cereal behind it can change between batches
Estimated carbohydrate at 23.5% of dry matter, where the typical adult wet food runs at 15.8%

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

How this scores

How we score

50.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors. Check the guide for your dog's weight before ordering: a 15kg dog takes 900 grams a day, a 40kg dog 1895 grams.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Briantos Chunks in Gravy 50.1

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Nearly all of the gap to the middle of the wet shelf is naming: a scoring system can only take category terms on trust.

What's in it

Meat and animal by-products (4% lamb, beef, chicken or turkey)4% namedA legal category: it does not say which animals or parts went in, and two batches need not match.
Fish and fish by-products (4% salmon)4% namedOn the salmon tin only, alongside the meat and animal by-products.
GrainUnnamed. Some of the starch is there to make the gravy behave.
Carrots (dried)0.45%Equivalent to 4% fresh. The one plant with a name, and a small addition.
Minerals
By-products of vegetable originAnother category term.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, taurine at 520 mg per kilo, then copper, zinc, manganese and iodine, every line with a figure.

The salmon tin carries fish as well as meat by-products.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal by-products (4% lamb), grain, 0.45% carrots (dried, equivalent to 4% carrots), minerals, by-products of vegetable origin. Meat and animal by-products, fish and fish by-products (4% salmon), grain, 0.45% carrots (dried, equivalent to 4% carrots), minerals, by-products of vegetable origin. Meat and animal by-products (4% beef), grain, 0.45% carrots (dried, equivalent to 4% carrots), minerals, by-products of vegetable origin. Meat and animal by-products (4% chicken), grain, 0.45% carrots (dried, equivalent to 4% carrots), minerals, by-products of vegetable origin. Meat and animal by-products (4% turkey), grain, 0.45% carrots (dried, equivalent to 4% carrots), minerals, by-products of vegetable origin.

Against the range

One recipe underneath five flavours: lamb, salmon, chicken, turkey and beef. Each tin ties 4% of its animal content to the named species and leaves the rest as meat and animal by-products, with unnamed grain and a small, carefully declared share of dried carrot behind it. The salmon tin adds fish and fish by-products.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

87 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.3%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

25%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

10%

Carbs

23.5%

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

49.9%

Added water

15%

Carbs

25.3%

Veg

2.2%

Other

7.6%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £2.81 (RRP)
Pack: **6 x 415 g** / kg) - buyable as **Turkey & Carrots**, **Lamb & Carrots**, **Salmon & Carrots** or **Chicken & Carrots**, all at the same price
A 15kg dog eats: 900 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.53

Most of each meal is water, so a 15kg dog needs 900 grams a day.

The price runs a little ahead of what the analysis shows.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.