74 out of 100 Good
Pidan without the plants, and a reminder that even a design led brand keeps a pure clay in its range. The Bentonite litter trades the renewable story of Pidan's celebrated tofu and cassava lines for straightforward mineral performance, and it arrives at No. 32 with seventy four, a solid if unspectacular clay carried by the brand's usual attention to grain.
Clumping, odour and tracking each score a respectable four. The spherical bentonite sets a firm clump, controls smell reliably, and, thanks to Pidan's carefully rounded grain, stays in the tray better than much budget clay, the design intelligence that runs through the brand showing even here. Dust is marked a little lower at three and a half, the one performance axis where the mineral shows its haze on the pour.
Sustainability sits at three, which is generous for clay and reflects the brand's lower impact packaging and presentation rather than any renewability in the material itself. It is mined bentonite at heart, discarded rather than composted, and that caps its ambitions.
What you are buying is the Pidan look and the Pidan grain in pure mineral form, for the owner who loves the brand's design but wants maximum clump and is relaxed about the clay. It is not the litter to choose for conscience, and it gives a little ground on dust, but it is a tidy, well presented bentonite from a maker that thinks harder than most about how a litter behaves underfoot. A sensible clay for the committed Pidan household, and a measured middle of the list placing.