Josera

Josera Mini Junior review

Name: Josera Mini Junior
Brand: Josera

54.2/100Good

DryPuppy

A small breed growth kibble that attempts more than most labels its size, naming duck and salmon inside a poultry-led recipe. Fat is generous at 18.0%, so it suits busy pups. It lands in our Good band, where transparency is the one pillar reading Poor.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed puppies, the dog it is written for
Owners who check calcium first: declared, and inside the range growth works to
Lively pups that burn through a bowl, at an estimated 382 kcal per 100g
A pup that takes happily to fish
Households wanting a joint ingredient, here green lipped mussel at the end of the list

Worth watching

Rice is the second ingredient, whatever a nearby shelf heading suggests
No exclusion diet from this list: poultry, duck and salmon, plus a hydrolysed animal protein with no species
Neither moisture nor energy is declared, so both figures here are worked out

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

How this scores

How we score

54.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyPoor

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed puppies. Needs rise through the early months and then ease, so feed by the maker's chart and a regular hand along the ribs.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Josera Mini Junior 54.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Respectable nutrition held back by the label: category meat, plant protein doing some of the work, and no moisture or energy printed.

What's in it

Dried poultry protein (poultry, duck)22.0%, 4.0%Duck is named. Poultry covers chicken, turkey, duck and goose, so the main bird stays unidentified.
RiceGrain, second on the list.
Poultry fat
Dried potato, potato proteinPotato protein does plant-level protein work, less digestible than meat.
Beet fibre
Dried salmon protein4%Puts fish on the allergen picture.
Hydrolysed poultry protein, locust bean meal, hydrolysed animal proteinThe animal protein names no species. Locust bean meal is a binder and gut steadier.
Minerals (sodium tripolyphosphate)0.35%
Yeast, herbs, fruit0.1% fruit
Ground chicory root, dried green lipped mussel proteinPrebiotic inulin and a joint ingredient, both in small measure.

Sold by one retailer under a grain free heading, but rice is the second ingredient.

Named ingredients

Dried poultry protein (poultry 22.0%, duck 4.0%), rice, poultry fat, dried potato, potato protein, beet fibre, dried salmon protein 4%, hydrolysed poultry protein, locust bean meal, hydrolysed animal protein, minerals (sodium tripolyphosphate 0.35%), yeast, herbs, fruit 0.1%, ground chicory root (natural source of inulin), dried protein from New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus). Note. vetsend files this page under the breadcrumb "Grain free", but the composition's second ingredient is rice.

Against the range

Dried poultry protein leads, opened up as poultry at 22.0% and duck at 4.0%, with dried salmon protein at 4% as a second animal source. Rice, dried potato and potato protein fill in behind, so plants carry part of the protein. Calcium converts to 1.52% of dry matter, inside the growth range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

381.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

6.7%

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.3%

Carbs

39.4%

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

45.6%

Carbs

43.3%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

7.9%

Other

Pricing & size