Imby

Imby Insect-Based Adult Mini review

Name: Imby Insect-Based Adult Mini
Brand: Imby

57.9/100Good

DryAdult

The boldest of Imby's insect recipes, and a Good kibble level with the typical adult dry food. Insect makes up 23% and sweet potato, not cereal, heads the plant side. Protein converts to 29.7% of dry matter and carbohydrate to an estimated 40.1%, both better than Imby's bigger kibbles manage.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small-breed adults, with pieces cut for a little mouth
Dogs the usual meats have not agreed with. Insect is the only animal protein
Busy little dogs, with fat at 18.7% of dry matter
Owners after a lower carbohydrate kibble
Households cutting back on farmed meat without a fully plant bowl

Worth watching

Corn gluten midway down the list, the ingredient to watch on a dog with a cereal history
Crude fibre at a modest 2.7% of dry matter
Glucosamine and chondroitin at 0.01% each, a gesture and not a working dose

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

How this scores

How we score

57.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed adults. Energy is our estimate, so treat the feeding guide as an opening bid and adjust by condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Imby Insect-Based Adult Mini 57.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The insect share and a carbohydrate estimate well under the typical carry it, and transparency is its strongest pillar.

What's in it

Insect: dried insect protein, insect oil23% (18%, 5%)The dried protein arrives with its water gone, so the 18% carries straight into the kibble.
Sweet potatoAhead of the cereals. More fibre and far more vitamin A than common potato.
Naked oats, white rice, green peas
Corn glutenA maize by-product that pushes the protein figure up; it sits below the main carbohydrates.
Rapeseed oil, dried beet pulpFat, then fibre.
Minerals, dried brewer's yeast, pea proteinThe yeast brings B vitamins.
Dried chicory, MOSPrebiotics aimed at the bacteria of the large intestine.
Thyme, marjoram, oregano, parsley, sage, nettle0.1% each
Broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, cranberries, blueberries0.05% each
Glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulfate0.01% eachPrinted honestly, and it tells you how little weight to give them.

Taurine at 1,500 mg/kg, vitamin E at 400 mg and vitamin C at 200 mg per kilo, and zinc at 60 mg, a solid set of extras.

Named ingredients

Insect 23% (dried insect protein 18%, insect oil 5%), sweet potato, naked oats, white rice, green peas, corn gluten, rapeseed oil, dried beet pulp, minerals, dried brewer's yeast, pea protein, dried chicory, MOS (mannan-oligosaccharides), dried thyme (0.1%), dried marjoram (0.1%), dried oregano (0.1%), dried parsley (0.1%), dried sage (0.1%), dried nettle (0.1%), dried broccoli (0.05%), dried spinach (0.05%), dried tomatoes (0.05%), dried cranberries (0.05%), dried blueberries (0.05%), glucosamine hydrochloride (0.01%), chondroitin sulfate (0.01%).

Against the range

One small-breed kibble with insect as its only animal protein, 23% of the recipe, and sweet potato ahead of the oats and rice. Nearly every entry carries a printed percentage, down to the herbs and joint supplements. Corn gluten and pea protein sit in the middle of the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

17%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

18.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

40.1%

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

23%

Carbs

73%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

1.6%

Other

1.9%

Pricing & size