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Brit Premium by Nature Adult Small review

Name: Brit Premium by Nature Adult Small
Brand: Brit

58.8/100Good

DryAdult

Brit's everyday By Nature formula, scaled for the little end of the park. Half the recipe is declared as chicken, 30% dehydrated and 20% deboned, on a base of oats, wheat and corn. Green-lipped mussels join the joint pair in the small print, and it reads Good on our bands.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults, with the kibble and feeding plan sized to match
Dogs that vote for chicken every time. The label declares it at 50%
Ageing small dogs: glucosamine at 210 mg/kg, chondroitin at 150 mg/kg, green-lipped mussels at 50 mg/kg
Owners after one straightforward recipe for the everyday jobs

Worth watching

Wheat and corn both on the list, worth checking against any past cereal reaction
Salmon oil threads a little fish through a chicken recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

58.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. A 5kg dog needs a good deal less than the 15kg figure, so read the pack's table for your dog's weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Brit Premium by Nature Adult Small 58.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A big declared meat number on a conventional cereal chassis: the label reads Outstanding for openness and the protein side holds it to Good.

What's in it

Chicken: dehydrated, deboned50% (30%, 20%)The dried portion is larger than the fresh, as a kibble wants. Protein lands at 28% as fed.
Oats, wheatConventional binders that suit most dogs.
Chicken fatThe energy source, preserved with tocopherols.
Corn
Dried applesA touch of fruit fibre.
Salmon oil2%The marine omega 3s.
Hydrolysed chicken liver, brewer's yeast, collagenThe liver keeps the flavour up for fussy small mouths.
Crustacean shells, cartilage, green-lipped mussels210, 150 and 50 mg/kgGlucosamine, chondroitin and glycosaminoglycans, all declared.
Mannan-oligosaccharides, fructo-oligosaccharides120 mg/kg, 90 mg/kgThe prebiotics.
Herbs and fruit, yucca, chamomile, blueberries120 mg/kg down to 50 mg/kg

A standard vitamin and trace mineral panel, every figure printed, with choline chloride at 1,800 mg.

Named ingredients

Chicken 50% (dehydrated 30%, deboned 20%), oats, wheat, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), corn, apples dried, salmon oil (2%), hydrolyzed chicken liver, brewer ́s yeast, collagen, crustacean shells (a source of glucosamine, 210 mg/kg), cartilage (a source of chondroitin, 150 mg/kg), herbs & fruit (cloves, citrus, rosemary, curcuma, 120 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (120 mg/kg), fructo- oligosaccharides (90 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (90 mg/kg), chamomile dried (80 mg/kg), green-lipped mussels (a source of glycosaminoglycans, 50 mg/kg), blueberries dried (50 mg/kg).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.2%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

31.1%

Fat

17.8%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

Carbs

40.3%

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

52.3%

Carbs

37.4%

Veg

2.2%

Oils

6.1%

Other

1.9%

Pricing & size