K9 Optimum

K9 Optimum Senior Can review

Name: K9 Optimum Senior Can
Brand: K9 Optimum

67.7/100Good

WetAdultSenior

K9 Optimum's older dog tin reads more like a kitchen list than a label, with chicken at 50% first and only the poultry plasma left as a category term. The recipe matches the brand's adult tin, so a dog crossing into its later years does not have to change food. It sits in our Good band, with minerals the one figure to keep in mind.

Where to buy: coming soon

Live retailer links are coming soon. Once we have them from UK retailers, where to buy and the best price will appear here.

Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that have gone off dry food, given a soft tin with chicken at 50%
Ageing joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin written into the recipe
Seniors carrying a little extra weight, as L-carnitine is dosed
Owners who want the calories printed, here at 96 kcal per 100g
Dogs drinking less with age, since the tin is 80% moisture

Worth watching

Poultry plasma names no species, so it will not keep a dog clear of duck, goose or turkey
Salmon oil in the recipe, for a fish-free household
Calcium at 3.0% of dry matter is a lot for an older dog. Raise it with your vet if the kidneys are being watched
The joint pair has no quantities, so it will not stand in for a prescribed supplement

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

How this scores

How we score

67.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. If your vet is monitoring kidneys or the urinary tract, mention the mineral level at the next check-up.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

K9 Optimum Senior Can 67.7

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A heavy mineral load holds it a rung below the typical wet food, while a forthcoming label, declared calories and modest starch pull the other way.

What's in it

Chicken50%Named and quantified. Easy to digest and eaten reliably, which counts once appetite wanders.
MineralsSecond on the list, and the analysis shows it: ash at 16.0% of dry matter.
Potato starch, dried potatoBind the tin without adding much starch.
Poultry plasma1%Dried from the liquid part of poultry blood, for palatability. No bird named.
Dried carrot
Flaxseed oil, salmon oilThe omega 3 fats.
Dried seaweed, chicory root powderNatural iodine and prebiotic inulin.
Glucosamine HCl, chondroitinNo figures, so a helpful background presence and not a treatment.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, L-carnitine to help turn fat into usable energy, and zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, all dosed.

Calcium converts to 3.0% of dry matter. If your vet is watching the kidneys, mention this tin.

Named ingredients

Chicken (50%), Minerals, Potato Starch, Poultry Plasma (1%), Dried Carrot, Dried Potato, Flaxseed Oil, Salmon Oil, Dried Seaweed, Chicory Root Powder, Glucosamine Hcl, Chondroitin

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

95.5 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.1%

Ash

3.2%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

30%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

16%

Carbs

13.5%

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

51%

Added water

29.4%

Carbs

9.4%

Veg

Oils

1.2%

Other

5.9%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £3.21 (RRP)
Pack: 390g (a 12 x 390g case, SKU 55033, is still enabled in the catalogue but its page is withdrawn)
A 15kg dog eats: 780 to 960 g a day, 870 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.79

Mostly water, so a 15kg dog's day runs to more than two tins on the maker's table.

You pay a little more than the analysis alone would justify.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.