K9 Optimum

K9 Optimum Grain Free Dry Adult review

Name: K9 Optimum Grain Free Dry Adult
Brand: K9 Optimum

66.9/100Good

DryAdult

The cereal-free build of the K9 Optimum range, and it lands in our Good band. The footnote promising a minimum of 55% chicken and salmon is a commitment most labels avoid. Every extra comes with a number attached.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off grain, with sweet potato and potato as the starch
Owners who like extras quantified: glucosamine and MSM at 200 mg per kilo, green lipped mussel at 150 mg
Mixed households. The table runs from a 1kg dog to one over 40kg
Dogs that get along with chicken
Gut comfort, with MOS at 1650 mg per kilo and FOS at 400 mg

Worth watching

Salmon and salmon oil, for a dog kept off fish
Potato protein lifting the protein figure from a plant
Nearly all the meat is chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

66.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The feeding table is written for low activity, so a dog in real work needs more than it prints.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

K9 Optimum Grain Free Dry Adult 66.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The best reading in the K9 Optimum range, and the gap to the cereal recipes is mostly the base, not the meat.

What's in it

Chicken: freshly prepared, dried20%, 19%The dried share is the one that counts; fresh meat gives up its water in cooking.
Sweet potato, potatoDo the cereals' job. Sweet potato is the slower burning.
Chicken fat, chicken gravy
Salmon4%Freshly prepared.
Beet pulp, egg powder, brewer's yeastBeet pulp does most of the stool work; egg is a small complete protein.
Lucerne, full fat linseedLucerne is alfalfa. Linseed adds plant omega 3.
Potato proteinLow on the list, supporting the meat. Doing arithmetic as much as nutrition.
Salmon oil1%Marine omega 3.
Turmeric, MOS, FOS, glucosamine, MSM, yucca1650 down to 200 mg/kgDosed at levels you can see, not a token sprinkle.
Marigold, blackcurrant, NZ green lipped mussel, rosemary, pomegranate150 mg/kg mussel

Vitamins A, D and E with taurine and carnitine, zinc as a sulphate plus a glycine chelate, and selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Chicken* (20% freshly prepared, 19% dried), Sweet potato, Potato, Chicken fat*, Chicken gravy*, Salmon* (4% freshly prepared), Beet pulp, Egg powder, Brewer's yeast, Lucerne, Full fat linseed, Potato protein, Salmon oil* (1%), Turmeric (1,500mg/kg), Marigold (source of lutein), Mannan oligosaccharides (1,650mg/kg), Fructose oligosaccharides (400mg/kg), Glucosamine (200mg/kg), Methylsulphonylmethane (200mg/kg), Yucca schidigera (200mg/kg), Blackcurrant, NZ green lipped mussel (150mg/kg), Rosemary, Pomegranate (*min 55% chicken and salmon), Chicken Freshly Prepared (20%), Chicken Dried (19%), Sweet Potato, Potato, Chicken Fat, Chicken Gravy, Salmon Freshly Prepared (4%), Beet Pulp, Egg Powder, Brewer's Yeast, Full Fat Linseed, Potato Protein, Lucerne, Salmon Oil (1%), Turmeric (1500mg/Kg), Marigold (Source Of Lutein), Mannan Oligosaccharides (1650mg/Kg), Fructose Oligosaccharides (400mg/Kg), Glucosamine (200mg/Kg), Methylsulphonylmethane (200mg/Kg), Yucca Schidgera (200mg/Kg), Blackcurrant, Nz Green Lipped Mussel (150mg/Kg), Rosemary, Pomegranete

Against the range

Chicken leads at 20% freshly prepared and 19% dried, with salmon at 4%, and a footnote commits to a minimum of 55% chicken and salmon. Sweet potato and potato replace cereal, and the working extras carry milligram amounts.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.75%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

4.1%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

43.1%

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

70.6%

Carbs

23.7%

Oils

Other

0.7%

Pricing & size