72 out of 100 Good
Fukumaru's mixed blend, and a tidy hybrid from one of China's better known plant litter names, the same maker whose cassava litter is widely praised. Its tofu and bentonite blend arrives at No. 38 with seventy two on a card of even fours.
Dust, clumping, odour and tracking each score a solid four. The bentonite lends the soybean a firm clump that lifts cleanly, the tofu keeps the pour low on haze, the smell is controlled reliably, and the grain mostly stays in the tray, a balanced performance with no single failing. It is the dependable middle of the mixed litter field, the sort of bag that simply does its job every time.
Sustainability sits at two, the familiar cost of the clay in the blend. The tofu element is renewable, but the bentonite is mined, and a mixed litter is judged on the whole bag, so the conscience score lands on the mineral floor rather than the plant ceiling. It is the trade every hybrid makes, and Fukumaru makes it without fuss.
What you are buying is a reliable clay assisted plant litter from an established Chinese brand, a clump that rivals mineral and a pour that rivals tofu, at a value price. It will not win over the environmentally minded, given the clay, but it stumbles nowhere on performance and asks little of its owner. For a dependable everyday hybrid from a name plant litter buyers already know, Fukumaru Mixed is a sensible, even, middle of the field choice. Competent and consistent, which is no small thing.