K9 Optimum

K9 Optimum Adult Wet review

Name: K9 Optimum Adult Wet
Brand: K9 Optimum

79.5/100Excellent

WetAdult

A chicken tin in our Excellent band, and one of the most forthcoming wet labels you will read. Nearly every ingredient has its percentage printed, from the 65% chicken down to chondroitin at 0.002%. The calorie figure is declared too, at 111 kcal per 100g.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want quantities: even the seaweed and chicory root have a printed share
Dogs kept to one meat, chicken being all the animal content bar the salmon oil
Dogs that handle a little gentle grain, here 3.75% dried brown rice
A declared calorie figure to portion from
Dogs that need more water in the diet. Three quarters of the tin is moisture

Worth watching

Salmon oil on the list, so the tin is not fish free
Calcium at 3.2% of dry matter, a generous mineral level to mention if your vet watches your dog's urinary health
Joint quantities that are small. A dog on a vet's supplement should stay on it

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

How this scores

How we score

79.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The tin runs richer than the typical wet food, so daily amounts come out smaller; portion to the waistline from the label's table.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

K9 Optimum Adult Wet 79.5

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Chicken at 65% with a figure against it does most of the work, and the rest of the label backs it up.

What's in it

Chicken65%Named and quantified, where many wet labels use a category term. The tin's whole meat content.
Dried brown rice3.75%The only cereal. Kept with its bran, so a touch more fibre than white rice.
MineralsThird on the list, and it shows in the ash.
Dried carrot, dried potato0.6% each
Flaxseed oil, salmon oil0.5% eachThe two omega 3 sources.
Dried seaweed0.08%Natural iodine.
Chicory root powder0.03%Inulin for the gut.
Glucosamine HCl, chondroitin0.005%, 0.002%Background joint support in the daily bowl, well short of a treatment.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, all as sulphates or iodate, plus L-carnitine at 25mg a kilo to help the body burn fat.

Calcium converts to 3.2% of dry matter. Fine for a healthy dog; mention it if your vet watches urinary health.

Named ingredients

Chicken (65%), Dried Brown Rice (3.75%), Minerals, Dried Carrot (0.6%), Dried Potato (0.6%), Flaxseed Oil (0.5%), Salmon Oil (0.5%), Dried Seaweed (0.08%), Chicory Root Powder (0.03%), Glucosamine HCl (0.005%), Chondroitin (0.002%). Chicken (65%), Dried Brown Rice (4%), Minerals, Dried Carrot (1%), Dried Potato (1%), Flaxseed Oil (1%), Salmon Oil (1%), Dried Seaweed, Chicory Root Powder, Glucosamine Hcl, Chondroitin

Against the range

A single chicken tin, with chicken at 65% as the whole of the meat and dried brown rice at 3.75% as the only cereal. Almost every line carries a printed percentage, down to the chondroitin, and the added vitamins and minerals are dosed per kilo.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

111 kcal/100g

Protein

11.5%

Fat

5.8%

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

3.6%

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

46%

Fat

23.2%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

14.4%

Carbs

15.6%

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

65%

Added water

12.6%

Carbs

9.3%

Veg

Oils

Other

6.1%

Pricing & size