K9 Optimum

K9 Optimum Adult Maxi Breed review

Name: K9 Optimum Adult Maxi Breed
Brand: K9 Optimum

60.1/100Good

DryAdult

A well-labelled everyday kibble for big adult dogs, in our Good band. It puts its meat where you can check it, two chicken entries with their shares, and it finishes with a run of joint ingredients for a frame with years of weight-bearing ahead. None of those joint extras carries a dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large-breed adults. The recipe and the feeding table are both drawn around them
Owners thinking ahead about joints: glucosamine, methylsulphonylmethane and green lipped mussel are all listed
Dogs happy on chicken, the only meat besides salmon
Animal ingredients named, from the chicken fat to the salmon oil
Steadier big dogs, as the maker's table assumes low activity

Worth watching

Salmon and salmon oil, so no part of the bag is fish free
Mostly chicken, which rules it out after a past reaction to chicken
A big dog in hard work will need more than the low-activity table shows

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

60.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large adult dogs. Portion from the label's table, which starts at 25kg and asks 285 to 330 grams for a dog of 25kg to 30kg, and add to it for a working dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

K9 Optimum Adult Maxi Breed 60.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meat does most of the work here; an ordinary rice and maize starch load is what holds nutritional balance back.

What's in it

Chicken20%Freshly prepared; most of its weight is water lost in the oven.
Chicken, dried17%Pulls more protein weight than its place on the list suggests.
Rice, maize
Chicken fat, chicken gravyNamed to the bird, not left as unspecified animal fat.
Salmon4%Marine omega for skin, coat and joints. Fish in a chicken food.
Whole oats, beet pulpOats bring fibre, manganese and B vitamins; beet pulp keeps stools in shape.
Prairie meal, brewers yeast, egg powder, minerals
Salmon oil
Glucosamine, methylsulphonylmethane, NZ green lipped musselRespectable picks for a large frame, with no milligram figure against any of them.
Turmeric, marigold, MOS, FOS, yucca, blackcurrant, rosemary, pomegranate

A fully dosed panel, with taurine at 850 mg per kilo for heart muscle, carnitine at 500 mg, and zinc as both a glycine chelate and a sulphate.

Named ingredients

Chicken (20%), Chicken Dried (17%), Rice, Maize, Chicken Fat, Chicken Gravy, Salmon (4%), Whole Oats, Beet Pulp, Prairie Meal, Brewers Yeast, Egg Powder, Minerals, Salmon Oil, Turmeric, Marigold (Source Of Lutein), Mannan Oligosaccharides, Fructose Oligosaccharides, Glucosamine, Methylsulphonylmethane, Yucca Schidigera, Blackcurrant, Nz Green Lipped Mussel, Rosemary, Pomegranate

Against the range

One large-breed adult kibble. Chicken is declared fresh and dried with shares printed, salmon adds 4%, every fat is named to its source, and rice, maize and whole oats carry the starch.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

45%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

48.1%

Carbs

44.9%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size