K9 Optimum

K9 Optimum Adult Medium review

Name: K9 Optimum Adult Medium
Brand: K9 Optimum

60.1/100Good

DryAdult

The tidiest label in the K9 Optimum range: chicken printed with its fresh and dried shares, salmon behind it, every fat named. It lands in our Good band with the everyday adult dry food. Starch is ordinary for a kibble at 45.0% of dry matter, and nothing on the label needs decoding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed adults, with a feeding table drawn for dogs of 10kg to 25kg
Owners who want the chicken fat and salmon oil named
An unsettled digestion: beet pulp plus mannan and fructose oligosaccharides
Skipping a separate joint supplement, with glucosamine, methylsulphonylmethane and green lipped mussel in the recipe
Dogs that love chicken

Worth watching

Salmon, salmon oil and egg powder, so neither fish free nor egg free
No milligram figure on any joint or botanical entry
Rice and maize high on the list

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 medium breed adults, and calcium sits at 1.1% of dry matter. The feeding guide assumes low activity, so an energetic dog needs more than the printed amounts.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

K9 Optimum Adult Medium 60.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Good with no flourish, lifted above its siblings by a transparency reading of Outstanding.

What's in it

Chicken freshly prepared20%Goes in wet, and the oven drives much of it off.
Chicken dried17%Does more protein work than its second place suggests.
Rice, maizeMost of the starch.
Chicken fat, chicken gravyThe gravy makes the kibble taste of chicken.
Salmon freshly prepared4%Marine omega 3s with the salmon oil.
Whole oats, beet pulpBeet pulp is the entry behind firm stools.
Prairie meal, brewers yeast, egg powder, mineralsEgg is a small, complete protein; yeast is rich in B vitamins.
Salmon oil, turmeric, marigoldMarigold as a source of lutein.
Mannan oligosaccharides, fructose oligosaccharidesPrebiotics for the bacteria in the large intestine.
Glucosamine, methylsulphonylmethane, yucca, blackcurrant, green lipped mussel, rosemary, pomegranateThe joint three most owners would add themselves, undosed.

Everything added is dosed, taurine at 850 mg and carnitine at 500 mg per kilo among it, with zinc as both a glycine chelate and a sulphate.

Named ingredients

Chicken Freshly Prepared (20%), Chicken Dried (17%), Rice, Maize, Chicken Fat, Chicken Gravy, Salmon Freshly Prepared (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

Chicken leads twice, 20% freshly prepared and 17% dried, with salmon at 4% behind, and every fat is tied to its animal. Rice, maize and whole oats carry the starch. Beet pulp and two prebiotics look after the gut, and a tail of joint and antioxidant extras closes the list without quantities.

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