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Brit Care Mini Light & Sterilised review

Name: Brit Care Mini Light & Sterilised
Brand: Brit

63.7/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

A light kibble for small dogs in our Good band, built on rabbit, which is still a rarity in dog food. The slimming comes from fibre: 8.5% crude fibre fills the bowl while fat stays at 12%. Every functional extra in the tail carries a figure.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breeds carrying more weight than the vet would like
Neutered and spayed dogs, the audience on the bag, with L-carnitine at 200 mg/kg
Dogs that have grown suspicious of the common meats
Small joints taking extra load: glucosamine at 260 mg/kg, chondroitin at 160 mg/kg

Worth watching

Bamboo lignocellulose, a bulking fibre with no nutrition of its own
Chicken fat and salmon travel with the rabbit, so it is no single-protein diet

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

How this scores

How we score

63.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breeds. The label asks 60 to 90 grams a day for a 4kg to 6kg dog; portion for the weight you want the dog to reach.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Rabbit

The score, in context

Brit Care Mini Light & Sterilised 63.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Level with the typical adult kibble, a fair result for a light diet that trades some density for fibre and restraint.

What's in it

Rabbit meat meal25%The anchor. Already dried, so the full share arrives as concentrated protein, and novel for many dogs.
Fresh salmon protein15%
Yellow pea, chickpeas
Bamboo lignocelluloseBulks the bowl with almost no calories.
Dried apples, buckwheat
Linseed4%Plant omega 3.
Chicken fat, salmon oilsalmon oil 2%The fat, trimmed. Chicken here means the label is not rabbit-only.
Psyllium husks and seeds1%Soluble fibre to keep digestion moving.
Brewer's yeast, algae, crustacean shells, blueberries, cartilage extractalgae 0.5%Shells and cartilage are the glucosamine and chondroitin sources.
MOS, FOS, inulin, cranberries, yucca and herbs150 mg/kg down to 25 mg/kgPrebiotics and trace-level seasoning, each with a figure.

A full panel with doses: vitamins A, D3, E and C, the B group, choline, taurine, L-carnitine, and zinc, iron, manganese, iodine, copper and selenium.

Named ingredients

Rabbit meat meal (25%), fresh salmon protein (15%), yellow pea, chickpeas, bamboo lignocellulose, dried apples, buckwheat, linseed (4%), chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols), salmon oil (2%), psyllium husks and seeds (1%), brewer's yeast, algae (0.5%, Ascophyllum nodosum), sodium chloride, hydrolyzed crustacean shells (a source of glucosamine, 260 mg/kg), blueberries (230 mg/kg, source of polyphenols 70 mg/kg & flavonoids 30 mg/kg), cartilage extract (a source of chondroitin, 160 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (150 mg/kg), herbs & fruits (rosemary, cloves, citrus, curcuma, 150 mg/kg), fructo-oligosaccharides (100 mg/kg), yucca schidigera (100 mg/kg), cranberries (100 mg/kg), inulin (90 mg/kg), milk thistle (75 mg/kg), sea buckthorn (75 mg/kg), chamomile (30 mg/kg), cloves (30 mg/kg), sage (25 mg/kg)

Against the range

One small-breed weight-control kibble. Rabbit meat meal at 25% and fresh salmon protein at 15% supply the animal side, bamboo lignocellulose and psyllium take crude fibre to 8.5%, and fat is held at 12%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

12%

Fibre

8.5%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

28.9%

Fat

13.3%

Fibre

9.4%

Ash

6.1%

Carbs

42.3%

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

40%

Carbs

40.5%

Veg

4.2%

Oils

3.3%

Other

12%

Pricing & size