Briantos

Briantos Senior: Poultry & Rice review

Name: Briantos Senior: Poultry & Rice
Brand: Briantos

41.2/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A gentle, grain-led kibble for dogs slowing down: dried poultry protein at 17.5% opens the list, then five grains take over. Fat is held to 7.0%, with a light dusting of joint and gut extras at the end. It finishes in our Average band, mainly because the plant side does so much of the carrying.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Seniors whose waistlines have started creeping, with fat at 7.0%
A soft nod to joints: glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate printed at 0.05% each
Grain-tolerant older dogs, as rice, millet and barley are digestible choices
Dogs needing a gentler ration, at a mild 322 kcal per 100g

Worth watching

Carbohydrate estimated at 58.8% of dry matter, so meat plays a supporting role
The poultry never names its species, which rules it out for elimination trials
Fish oil on the list, so not for a strictly fish-free bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

41.2/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors. The label suggests 140 to 210 grams for a 10kg dog, scaling with weight, so start there and adjust to the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Poultry 41.2

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The shortfall is structural, one modest animal protein against five grains and bulk fibre, though the low fat and mild calories genuinely fit a sedentary senior.

What's in it

Dried poultry protein17.5%The only meat entry of substance, and its bird could change from batch to batch.
Rice14%With barley, the digestible backbone.
Maize, barley, sorghum, milletMillet and sorghum bring gluten-free variety; maize is the filler of the family.
Dried beet pulp (desugared)Useful fibre.
LignocelluloseRefined plant fibre to add bulk and keep calories down. It fills but nourishes nothing.
Poultry fat, protein hydrolysateNeither names its animal.
Fish oilThe omega 3.
Dried peas, dried yeast, dried chicory0.03% MOS, 0.28% inulinGut support, lightly dosed.
Potassium chloride
Chondroitin sulphate, glucosamine0.05% eachA supportive whisper, not a therapeutic dose.

A full vitamin run from A to choline, with iodine, copper, selenium and zinc, part of it in the better-absorbed chelated form, every dose printed.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Dried poultry protein (17.5%), rice (14%), maize, barley, sorghum, millet, dried beet pulp (desugared), lignocellulose, poultry fat, protein hydrolysate, fish oil, dried peas, dried yeast (source of 0.03% mannan-oligosaccharides), dried chicory (source of 0.28% inulin), potassium chloride, chondroitin sulphate (0.05%), glucosamine (0.05%).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

321.8 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

7.6%

Fibre

5.4%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

58.8%

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

17.5%

Carbs

78.6%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

1.4%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size