Opti Life

Opti Life Senior: Medium & Maxi review

Name: Opti Life Senior: Medium & Maxi
Brand: Opti Life

51.4/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

A plain senior kibble that does its job honestly. The chicken is declared dehydrated, so the headline share is what actually reaches the bowl, and rice carries the starch. The closing entries do the senior work: glucosamine, taurine and well-dosed vitamins C and E.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An older dog of any size, as the recipe comes as a small kibble and a larger one
Seniors that do best on plain food, dried chicken and rice doing almost all the carrying
Stiffening joints: glucosamine is declared at 500 mg/kg
Owners who like the extras printed, taurine at 1100 mg down to FOS and MOS
A dog slowing down but still keen on dinner, moving to a gentle, familiar bowl

Worth watching

Animal fat and hydrolysed animal proteins with no species named, a problem for a strict exclusion plan
Salmon oil in both bags, so neither is fish free
Rice and rice flour fill a fair part of the bowl: carbohydrate is estimated at 50.5% of dry matter in the Medium & Maxi

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

How this scores

How we score

51.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs, the Mini for small breeds and the Medium & Maxi for medium and large. The Mini's feeding table stops at 10kg, so pick the bag by your dog's weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Mini 55.2
Medium 51.4

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The dried meat is declared plainly and the senior extras are printed in full, which carries both bags to a steady middle-of-the-market result.

What's in it

Chicken (dehydrated)27%Declared dried, so this is what survives into the kibble.
Rice, rice flour27%The rice matches the chicken exactly. A gentle starch for an older gut.
Vegetable fibres: cellulose, beet pulp5.5%, 1%Cellulose fills the bowl without filling the dog; beet pulp is the one the gut bacteria use.
Animal fatNo species named.
Linseed
Hydrolysed animal proteinsUnnamed species, there for flavour.
Minerals, salmon oil, brewer's yeast, dried whole eggsSalmon oil brings the marine omega 3s, and fish into the bag.
FOS, MOS0.1% eachPrebiotics.
Glucosamine500 mg/kgFor the joints.
Sea algae, rosemary, turmeric, green tea

Taurine at 1100 mg for the heart, vitamin E at 500 mg and vitamin C at 200 mg, with a full set of trace minerals in print.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8% and the carbohydrate estimate may run high.

Named ingredients

Chicken (dehydrated, 27%), rice (27%), rice flour, vegetable fibres (cellulose 5.5%, 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), turmeric, green tea (10 mg/kg).

Against the range

Chicken: 27%; 31% in the Mini.
Fat, as fed: 10.0%; 11.0% in the Mini.
Cellulose: 5.5%; 4.5% in the Mini.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 50.5%; 46.4% in the Mini.

The gentler of the pair on fat, drawn for medium and large seniors.

Both bags lead on dehydrated chicken with rice matched to it share for share, and rice flour behind. Fibre comes as cellulose with a little beet pulp, plus FOS and MOS at 0.1% each. Animal fat and hydrolysed animal proteins carry no species, and salmon oil is in both. Glucosamine is declared at 500 mg/kg and taurine at 1100 mg on each.

What varies is the kibble size and the dose. The Mini is the meatier on paper, and its vitamins E and C run higher.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

50.5%

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

35%

Carbs

47%

Veg

8.1%

Oils

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size