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briantos Adult Grain-Free Duck & Potato review

A solid, honest dry food. Just 20% declared meat content. Feeding it costs about 47p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 68/100 Good
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Top 61%scores higher than 39% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.47per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 79% of dry foods
20%declared meat content
Germanybrand origin

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 59/100 across 17 ingredients (declared percentages used for 4, position estimates for the rest).
23.7 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (cellulose) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 56% of the recipe (+3.4); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
7.4 / 15
Additives
Declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being protein hydrolysate (-0.8).
9.3 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Meat content ~73.2% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 46% dry matter (high); fat 14.0% DM in the healthy band; fibre 3.7% DM (+2); ash 8.2% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.9); functional extras: omega-3 source (+1).
6.3 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
68 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 68 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 23.7 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 20% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list is only partly specific.

At about 47p a day to feed a 10kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it broadly does.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Dried duck protein 20%dried poultry protein 10.5%

Carbs & grains

cellulose

Fruit & veg

dried potato 20%dried potato starchdried sweet potato 6%desugared dried beet pulpdried peasdried celerydried carrots

Oils & fats

poultry fatfish oil

Supplements & extras

protein hydrolysatemono-calcium phosphatedried chicorydried brewer's yeastsodium chloride
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (12,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1200 IU), vitamin E (150 IU), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (2mg), copper [cupric(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (10mg), zinc [amino acids zinc chelate hydrate] (45mg), zinc [zinc oxide] (70mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.2mg), vitamin B1 (6mg), vitamin B2 (5mg), vitamin B6 (4mg), vitamin B12 (30mcg), biotin (250mcg), pantothenic acid (10mg), niacin (45mg), folic acid (1mg), choline chloride (1850mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
12 kg£26.00£2.17

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 172 g a day = £0.47 / day, £14.29 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 311 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £2.71 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

28 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

14 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

46.1 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

3.7 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

8.2 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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