Opti Life

Opti Life Adult: Mini review

Name: Opti Life Adult: Mini
Brand: Opti Life

60.4/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Four Good bags from one recipe, and the difference between them is real. Carbohydrate swings from 29.3% of dry matter on the Active to 47.8% on the Maxi as the chicken share falls. Dehydrated chicken at the head of every list does most of the lifting.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Any size of dog: Mini, Medium and Maxi kibbles, plus an all-breeds Active
Working dogs, with the Active at 32.0% protein and 22.0% fat
Owners who like the meat named at the top
Older hips, with glucosamine printed on all four bags
Small dogs with big appetites; the Mini adds krill and butyric acid

Worth watching

Chicken leads all four, ruling the range out for a diagnosed chicken sensitivity
Unnamed animal fat and hydrolysed proteins
Salmon oil throughout, so no fish-free bag
Not interchangeable at feeding time, given the carbohydrate swing

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

How this scores

How we score

60.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, by size, with the Active for all breeds. The Active's table assumes an active dog, so pull the portion back for a quieter one.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Active All Breeds 64.4
Mini 60.4
Medium 56.2
Maxi 54.5

All four Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Unusual for a range that varies this much inside, all four keep level with the middle of the shelf.

What's in it

Chicken, dehydrated35%The second highest meat share.
Rice25%
Rice flour, animal fat
Cellulose, beet pulp4%, 1%
Linseed, hydrolysed animal proteins
Salmon oil, brewer's yeast, minerals
KrillJoins the fish oil, only on this bag.
FOS, dried whole eggs, MOS, sea algae0.5% FOS, 0.1% MOS
Butyric acid (salts of fatty acids)The short-chain fat a large intestine uses as fuel.
Glucosamine, rosemary, green tea500, 18, 12 mg/kg

Taurine at 1100 mg per kilo, with vitamins A, D3, E and C and the trace minerals dosed entry by entry.

Named ingredients

Chicken (dehydrated, 35%), rice (25%), rice flour, animal fat, vegetable fibres (cellulose 4%, beet pulp 1%), linseed, hydrolysed animal proteins, salmon oil, brewer's yeast, minerals, krill, FOS (0.5%), dried whole eggs, MOS (0.1%), sea algae (Ascophyllum nodosum), salts of fatty acids (butyric acid), glucosamine 500 mg/kg, rosemary (18 mg/kg), green tea (12 mg/kg).

Against the range

Chicken: 35%; Second to the Active's 40%.
FOS: 0.5%; 0.1% on the other three.
Krill and butyric acid: On the label; Not on the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 38.0%; 29.3% to 47.8% across the range.

The most interesting label of the four, with extra attention on the gut.

One chicken and rice recipe cut four ways. Dehydrated chicken leads every list at 28% to 40%, rice sits beside it, and fibre comes from cellulose with beet pulp behind on three of the four.

The supporting cast holds steady: salmon oil and linseed, dried whole eggs, brewer's yeast, sea algae, FOS and MOS, and glucosamine in milligrams. Animal fat and hydrolysed animal proteins carry no species on any bag.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

420 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

38%

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

36.3%

Carbs

45.5%

Veg

5.4%

Oils

7.9%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size