Briantos

Briantos Junior review

Name: Briantos Junior
Brand: Briantos

50.6/100Good

DryPuppy

Briantos Junior gets the most important thing about a growth food right: calcium is declared, at 1.52% of dry matter, inside the range a growing skeleton should be built on. That makes it usable for a big junior dog. Much of the rest of the label speaks in food groups.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A junior heading for a large adult size, with calcium printed and in range
Households that want grain in the bowl: rice at 20%, then barley and maize
Junior dogs from toy to giant
Pups whose coats want marine omegas, from the named fish oil
A dog that has met chicken and beef many times. Pork is a less common meat

Worth watching

Poultry and protein hydrolysate name no species, which counts on a strict elimination diet
Carbohydrate at 46.6% of dry matter against 39.0% for a typical puppy dry food, so weigh portions
Pork and fish both in the recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

50.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, up to giant breeds. Feed from the growth chart by age and expected adult size, and check by eye and hand every few weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Briantos Junior 50.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Grain share and group-named meats hold it to the middle, while the in-range calcium figure is the genuinely good news.

What's in it

Poultry protein (dried)26.5%Dried, so the figure carries into the kibble. Poultry is a group, so the bird is never named and may vary between batches.
Rice20%One of the kinder grains for a young digestion.
Barley, maizeBarley brings fibre, selenium and copper.
Poultry fatNamed by group, not bird.
Pork protein (dried)Often novel to a dog raised on chicken and beef.
Protein hydrolysateNo species given.
Dried beet pulp (desugared), dried peas
Dried brewer's yeastB vitamins.
Fish oilLong-chain omega 3 for brain and coat, and the reason fish is in the recipe.
Sodium chloride, potassium chloride

A fully dosed panel, including vitamin E at 195 mg/kg and choline chloride at 1750 mg/kg, with part of the zinc chelated.

Calcium is declared at 1.52% of dry matter, inside the growth range, and holds for the giant breeds it is listed for.

Named ingredients

Poultry protein (dried) (26.5%), rice (20%), barley, maize, poultry fat, pork protein (dried), protein hydrolysate, dried beet pulp (desugared), peas (dried), dried brewer's yeast, fish oil, sodium chloride, potassium chloride

Against the range

Dried poultry protein leads a grain-heavy list, with pork protein behind it. Calcium is declared and sits inside the growth range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

379.8 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

46.6%

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

32.4%

Carbs

59.8%

Oils

4.9%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size