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Brit Care Mini fillets in gravy: Salmon & Herring (sterilised) review

Name: Brit Care Mini fillets in gravy: Salmon & Herring (sterilised)
Brand: Brit

51.8/100Good

WetPuppyAdult

Flavour

Shredded fillets in gravy for small dogs, in 85 g servings across six labels. Every one is built the same way, a big block of meat and animal derivatives with one named animal inside it. Chicken and Tuna reaches our Excellent band; the other five sit in Good, separated by how much each label pins down.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs fed meal by meal: each serving goes in one go
Fussy eaters who prefer fillets in gravy to a smooth loaf
Rotating flavours on one recipe
Most labels written for puppies, adults and seniors alike
Dogs that do well on a rich bowl

Worth watching

The unnamed meat block rules every label out for an elimination diet
The named animal is a small share on several, lamb and venison each at 8%
Carbohydrate converts higher than the typical wet food, up to an estimated 28.8% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

51.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small dogs, most labels from puppy to senior; the lamb is for adults and has its own puppy version. Read the life stage on the label you pick.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Chicken 70.5
Rabbit 54.0
Lamb (for puppies) 52.5
Salmon 51.8
Lamb 51.5
Venison 50.1

Six recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Chicken and Tuna names the most and reaches our Excellent band; the five siblings sit a step below on disclosure alone, with the analysis respectable throughout.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives in fillets77%The smallest block in the range, with no animal named inside it.
Fish and fish derivatives8%4% salmon and 4% herring.
Pea flour2.7%Fibre, iron and a little plant protein.
Dried blueberries1.5%
Lignocellulose0.9%
Dried cloves, citrus, rosemary, curcuma0.4% eachFlavour and antioxidant flourishes, well below a working dose.
Calcium carbonate0.2%Tops up the calcium.

The usual panel plus vitamin B1 and L-methionine, a supplement used to acidify urine, with taurine at 240 mg per kilo.

Written for neutered dogs whose weight needs watching.

Named ingredients

77 % meat and animal derivatives in fillets, 8 % fish and fish derivatives (from this 4 % salmon, 4 % herring), 2.7 % pea flour, 1.5 % dried blueberries, 0.9 % lignocellulose, 0.4 % dried cloves, 0.4 % dried citrus, 0.4 % dried rosemary, 0.4 % dried curcuma, 0.2 % calcium carbonate.

Against the range

Fish: Salmon and herring, 4% each; The only label naming two fish.
Meat block: 77%; 80% to 85% on the others.
Extras: Vitamin B1, L-methionine; Not on the other labels.

The one to pick for a neutered small dog.

All six labels share one build: a block of meat and animal derivatives in fillets at 77% to 85% of the serving, a named animal declared inside it. Pea flour follows, then, dried blueberries, lignocellulose and four herbs and spices at 0.4% each. The block can stand for any warm-blooded animal and can change between batches.

What varies is how much of the block each label pins down, from 75% chicken on the Chicken and Tuna down to 5% rabbit. Taurine at 240 mg per kilo is on every label, and fat converts to a quarter of dry matter on most.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

77.4 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

84%

Dry weight

Protein

37.5%

Fat

25%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.2%

Carbs

28.8%

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

88%

Added water

4.9%

Carbs

2.8%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size