Opti Life

Opti Life Prime Adult: Chicken review

Name: Opti Life Prime Adult: Chicken
Brand: Opti Life

46.4/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

The meat-forward pair in the Opti Life family, and the analysis bears it out. Dehydrated meat leads, rice is gone, and carbohydrate falls to roughly a quarter of dry matter. Both sit in our Average band, held there by an animal fat and a protein that go unnamed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs off cereal altogether, with potato and peas carrying the starch
Active adults of any size, with protein declared at 38.0%
A choice of bird or fish, built to the same plan
A dull coat. Salmon leads one recipe and salmon oil supports both
Older adults that could use joint help, with glucosamine at 250 mg/kg and turmeric near the end

Worth watching

Unnamed animal fat and hydrolysed proteins, so the salmon is not a single-protein fish diet
Salmon oil and dried whole eggs in the chicken recipe
Peas third on both lists, if legumes have ever unsettled your dog
Fat at 20.0% on the chicken and 18.0% on the salmon. Weigh a quieter dog's portion

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

How this scores

How we score

46.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with a feeding table that runs from a 1kg dog to a 90kg one. Start from the table and let the waistline settle where in the range your dog sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 46.4
Salmon 45.6

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Almost nothing separates the two, so let the animal decide: both are held back on protein and processing by the unnamed fat and protein, while nutritional balance reads Outstanding.

What's in it

Chicken, dehydrated46%Already dried, so roughly what the finished kibble holds.
Potato15%Takes the place a cereal usually holds.
Peas
Animal fatNo animal named.
Linseed, salmon oilPlant and marine omega 3. The salmon oil means this one is not fish free.
Cellulose2%Purified fibre, with no vegetable behind it.
Brewer's yeast, mineralsB vitamins from the yeast.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsUnnamed again.
Dried whole eggsA second, highly usable protein.
FOS, sea algae, glucosamine, rosemary, turmeric, green tea0.3% FOS, glucosamine 250 mg/kgA real prebiotic dose and a modest joint one. Rosemary and green tea preserve.

A full vitamin and mineral panel with iron dosed heavily at 201 mg a kilo and biotin at 1 mg, plus clinoptilolite and sepiolite as binders.

Named ingredients

Chicken (dehydrated 46%), potato (15%), peas, animal fat, linseed, vegetable fibres (cellulose 2%), brewer's yeast, salmon oil, minerals, hydrolysed animal proteins, dried whole eggs, FOS (0.3%), sea algae (Ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine 250 mg/kg, rosemary (15 mg/kg), turmeric, green tea (10 mg/kg).

Against the range

Meat: Dehydrated chicken, 46%; Dehydrated salmon, 45%.
Fat: 20.0%; 18.0% on the salmon.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 23.6%; 24.7% on the salmon.
Egg: Dried whole eggs; None on the salmon.

The richer of the pair, and the pick for a dog that thrives on poultry.

Both recipes open on a dehydrated meat, chicken at 46% or salmon at 45%, and dehydrated means the water went before the weighing. Potato at 15% and peas replace cereal, and cellulose supplies the fibre. Protein is declared at 38.0% on both, or 41.8% of dry matter.

Animal fat and hydrolysed animal proteins name no animal on either label. Salmon oil, linseed, brewer's yeast, sea algae, FOS at 0.3% and glucosamine at 250 mg/kg sit in the tail of both. The chicken adds dried whole eggs; the salmon adds none.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

38%

Fat

20%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

41.8%

Fat

22%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

23.6%

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

38.8%

Carbs

39%

Veg

4.2%

Oils

9.2%

Other

8.8%

Pricing & size