Opti Life

Opti Life Adult Sterilised/Light: Medium & Maxi review

Name: Opti Life Adult Sterilised/Light: Medium & Maxi
Brand: Opti Life

53.8/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's chicken and rice recipe rebuilt for a dog that gains weight without trying. Fat drops, cellulose goes up and L-carnitine is added, the standard light-diet moves. Dehydrated chicken still leads both labels, so the meat has not been traded away. Both bags sit in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Neutered dogs whose appetite outlived their energy needs
Filling the bowl without the calories, as cellulose adds bulk
Small dogs on the same plan, with a mini kibble at 11.0% fat
Older dogs carrying weight and stiffening with it
A named meat share, counted on the label

Worth watching

Cellulose is a purified fibre, not the whole-vegetable kind
Carbohydrate rises as fat falls, to 51.1% of dry matter on the larger bag
Chicken, egg and salmon oil together, and an unnamed fat and protein

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

How this scores

How we score

53.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

One bag for small adults, one for medium and large. The portions are set for weight loss, so follow the bag and the waistline while your dog slims.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Mini 57.5
Medium 53.8

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Both sit level with the shelf; the carbohydrate a light diet brings trims the balance reading, more so on the larger bag.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken27%Weighed dry, so close to what the kibble holds.
Rice, rice flour27%
Cellulose, beet pulp6%, 1%Fills the bowl with next to no calories.
Animal fatNo species named, and still doing real work.
Linseed
Hydrolysed animal proteinsUnnamed.
Minerals, salmon oil, brewer's yeast, dried whole eggsSalmon oil for omega 3.
FOS, MOS, sea algae0.1% each
Glucosamine, rosemary, green tea500 mg/kg, 15 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg

Vitamins A, D3, E and C, beta-carotene, taurine and L-carnitine, with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium.

No moisture declared, so dry matter figures rest on an assumed 8%.

Named ingredients

Chicken (dehydrated, 27%), rice (27%), rice flour, vegetable fibres (cellulose 6%, beet pulp 1%), animal fat, linseed, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, salmon oil, brewer's yeast, dried whole eggs, FOS (0.1%), MOS (0.1%), sea algae (Ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine 500 mg/kg, rosemary (15 mg/kg), green tea (10 mg/kg).

Against the range

Fat: 9.5%; 11.0% on the mini.
Cellulose: 6%; 4.5% on the mini.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 51.1%; 46.4% on the mini.
Protein, dry matter: 26.1%; 29.9% on the mini.

The stricter cut of the two, for a medium or large dog with real weight to lose.

Both bags lead on dehydrated chicken matched by rice at the same share: 27% on the medium and maxi, 31% on the mini. Cellulose does most of the calorie-diluting, with beet pulp at 1% behind it, and L-carnitine is dosed at 40 mg per kilo on both.

Both carry an animal fat and hydrolysed animal proteins with no species, plus salmon oil and dried whole eggs. Glucosamine is 500 mg/kg on each. What varies is how hard the diet cuts: fat, cellulose and carbohydrate all move between the two bags.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

365 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

51.1%

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

35%

Carbs

47%

Veg

8.1%

Oils

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size