70 out of 100 Good
The mineral flagship of Europe's biggest pet retailer, and the clay counterpart to the tofu Tigerino higher on this list. Sold as the house bentonite of the German giant zooplus, Tigerino Premium arrives at No. 42 with seventy, a dependable continental clay led by its clump.
Clumping is the standout, a strong four and a half, the fine bentonite setting a hard, clean clump that lifts whole, the quality that keeps a multi cat box manageable. Odour and tracking each score a solid four, holding smell reliably across the week and keeping the grain largely in the tray. It is a capable, even performance on three of the four daily axes, sold at the keen price a retailer brand commands.
The soft spot is dust, marked at three, a little more haze on the pour than the premium clays, the one place the everyday formulation shows. And sustainability, as ever for clay, sits at two, the strip mined floor that caps the category.
What you are buying is affordable, widely available European clay from the continent's dominant pet retailer, the bentonite a vast zooplus audience reaches for because it is everywhere and it clumps well. It will not match the dust free pours of the engineered leaders, nor please the environmentally minded, but it does the core job at a sensible price. For the European owner who wants a hard clumping, low cost mineral litter without hunting for a specialist brand, Tigerino Premium is an easy default. A solid retail clay, squarely mid table.