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briantos Adult Lamb & Rice review

A middling dry food - fine, with clear compromises. Just 5% declared meat content. Feeding it costs about 29p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 59/100 Average
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Top 70%scores higher than 30% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Averagescore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.29per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 94% of dry foods
5%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 15 ingredients (declared percentages used for 2, position estimates for the rest).
23.6 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 20% of the recipe (+1.2); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
10.2 / 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 ~12% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).
5.4 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 55% dry matter (high); fat 12.0% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.7% DM (+2); ash 7.0% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source (+1).
5 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
59 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 59 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 23.6 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 9.3 of 10.

The label declares 5% 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 29p 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 does not.

Ingredients

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

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), vitamin B1 (3mg), vitamin B2 (8mg), vitamin B6 [as pyridoxine hydrochloride] (2mg), vitamin B12 (45mcg), niacinamide (20mg), pantothenic acid [calcium-D-pantothenate] (18mg), folic acid (0.3mg), biotin (200mcg), choline chloride (1700mg), zinc [as zinc oxide] (70mg), zinc [as amino acids of zinc chelate hydrate] (45mg), copper [cupric-(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (10mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (2mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.2mg) Technological additives: Antioxidants.

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
14 kg£28.00£2.00

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 154 g a day = £0.29 / day, £8.82 / 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, 346 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £1.89 / 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

23.4 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

12 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

55 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

2.7 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

7 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

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

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