Opti Life

Opti Life Senior: Mini review

Name: Opti Life Senior: Mini
Brand: Opti Life

55.2/100Good

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

55.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

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

Small

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)31%Declared dried, the honest way to write a headline meat.
Rice, rice flour31%
Vegetable fibres: cellulose, beet pulp4.5%, 1%Bulking fibre, with beet pulp for the gut bacteria.
Linseed
Animal fatNo species named.
Hydrolysed animal proteinsUnnamed species, for flavour.
Minerals, salmon oil, brewer's yeast, dried whole eggsSalmon oil means fish is in the bag.
FOS, MOS0.1% each
Glucosamine500 mg/kgFor the joints.
Sea algae, turmeric, rosemary, green tea

Taurine at 1100 mg, with vitamin E at 600 mg and vitamin C at 240 mg, the higher doses of the pair.

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

Named ingredients

Chicken (dehydrated, 31%), rice (31%), rice flour, vegetable fibres (cellulose 4.5%, beet pulp 1%), linseed, animal fat, 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, turmeric, rosemary (18 mg/kg), green tea (12 mg/kg).

Against the range

Chicken: 31%; 27% in the Medium & Maxi.
Protein, as fed: 27.5%; 24% in the larger kibble.
Energy: 380 kcal per 100g; 375 kcal in the larger kibble.
Feeding table: Stops at 10kg; The larger kibble runs on to big dogs.

The meatier of the two on paper, and the one to pick for a small senior.

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

380 kcal/100g

Protein

27.5%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

29.9%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.1%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

46.4%

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

33.1%

Carbs

49.9%

Veg

7.6%

Oils

3.3%

Other

6.1%

Pricing & size