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Brit Care Dog Hypoallergenic Junior Large Breed review

Name: Brit Care Dog Hypoallergenic Junior Large Breed
Brand: Brit

69.5/100Good

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A lamb and rice growth kibble for pups who will finish big, and it lands in our Good band. The thing that matters most on a large-breed puppy label is printed and in range: calcium converts to 1.44% of dry matter. Joint and gut supplements come with their doses.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large-breed pups. Calcium at 1.44% of dry matter grows bone at a sensible pace
Owners keeping off poultry meat and beef, as dehydrated lamb is the one meat
Big pups starting joint care early: glucosamine at 300 mg/kg, chondroitin sulphate at 230 mg/kg
A gut plan written down in full, from FOS at 230 mg/kg to MOS at 180 mg/kg and a heat-treated Lactobacillus culture

Worth watching

Chicken fat and salmon oil are both in, so the single meat will not carry a strict exclusion trial
Rice at 35% puts a cereal in the bowl for anyone raising a pup grain free
The feeding chart opens at 25kg, so judge the amounts for a younger pup below that

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

How this scores

How we score

69.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed puppies. Start from the growth chart on the pack and adjust by how easily you can feel the ribs, as the portion changes almost by the week.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Brit Care Dog Hypoallergenic Junior Large Breed 69.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It finishes clear of the middle of its band, with transparency at Outstanding and the other three pillars level at Good.

What's in it

Dehydrated lamb42%Dried before weighing, so the share carries through much as printed. The only meat on the list.
Rice35%The binder, a gentle cereal most puppies handle without fuss.
Chicken fatPoultry in fat form, worth knowing for an allergy-minded owner.
Dried apple pulp
Salmon oil3%Where the omega 3 for coat and brain comes from.
Brewer's yeast, natural flavour, hydrolysed yeast0.5% hydrolysed yeast
Pea flour
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate300 mg/kg, 230 mg/kgJoint support, dosed.
FOS, MOS, beta-glucans230, 180 and 60 mg/kgFood for the gut bacteria.
Mojave yucca, milk thistle seed, motherwort, sea buckthorn, inactivated Lactobacillus helveticus180 mg/kg down to 60 mg/kg

A full vitamin list with taurine and L-carnitine, and zinc, manganese, copper and iron in organic forms.

The feeding chart starts at 25kg of bodyweight. Below that, judge the amount by condition.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated lamb (42%), rice (35%), chicken fat, dried apple pulp, salmon oil (3%), brewer's yeast, natural flavour, hydrolysed yeast (0.5% - a source of inositol and amino acids), pea flour, glucosamine (300 mg/kg), fructo-oligosaccharides (230 mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (230 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (180 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (180 mg/kg), milk thistle seed (110 mg/kg), β-glucans (60 mg/kg), dried motherwort (60 mg/kg), dried sea buckthorn (60 mg/kg), Lactobacillus helveticus HA - 122 inactivated (15x109 cells/kg).

Against the range

One meat, dehydrated lamb at 42%, with rice at 35% for the starch. Chicken fat and salmon oil supply the fats, so poultry and fish are in the bowl even though lamb is the only meat. Calcium is declared at 1.44% of dry matter, and every supplement in the lower third of the list has its dose printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

31.1%

Fat

17.8%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

40.9%

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

42%

Carbs

36.5%

Veg

Oils

9.5%

Other

Pricing & size