Optimum Pet Health

Optimum Pet Health Adult Large Breeds review

Name: Optimum Pet Health Adult Large Breeds
Brand: Optimum Pet Health

65/100Good

DryAdult

A grain-free chicken kibble drawn for the bigger dog, and a label that tells you in unusual detail what ends up in the bowl. The fresh and dried chicken are declared separately. The gut extras each carry their own percentage, which few kibbles bother with.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large-breed adults, the dog it is sized for
Owners keeping off cereal; potato flakes and sweet potatoes carry the starch
Dogs whose only land meat is chicken
A big frame, with glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM written into the recipe
A gut plan spelled out: chicory, yeast cell wall and galacto-oligosaccharides at 1% each

Worth watching

Krill and fish oil, so one meat does not make it fish free
No dose printed against the joint ingredients
Fat at 17.0% is generous for a big dog with a quiet routine, so measure the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

65/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed adults. The energy figure is our estimate and a big dog eats a good deal more than a 15kg one, so portion for the dog you have.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Optimum Pet Health Adult Large Breeds 65.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Candour on the label lifts it; the room the plant side takes up behind the chicken holds it in the middle of the pack.

What's in it

Chicken: fresh chicken meat 25%, dried chicken 15%40%The most useful line on the label. The dried share carries the finished kibble.
Dried potato flakes, dried sweet potatoes, green peasThe binding, free of cereal.
Chicken fat8%A named fat, which is the better way round.
Chicken gravy3%
Dried beet pulp, celluloseCoarse fibre.
Linseed, dried Antarctic krill, fish oil1% eachPlant and marine omega 3; the krill and oil mean fish is in the bag.
Minerals, dried brewers yeast
Dried chicory, yeast cell wall, GOS1% eachFOS and inulin, MOS and beta glucans, and galacto-oligosaccharides.
Glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulphate, MSMLate on the list and undosed, so background support.
Curcuma, yucca, herbs, olive powder, rosehip, tyndallized Lactobacillus helveticusA heat-treated culture that needs no surviving the bag.

Each trace mineral comes as a sulphate paired with an amino acid chelate, both halves dosed, with taurine at 1,000 mg, vitamin C at 100 mg and vitamin E at 450 mg.

Named ingredients

Chicken (Of Which Fresh Chicken Meat 25% And Dried Chicken 15%) (40%), Dried Potato Flakes, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Green Peas, Chicken Fat (8%), Chicken Gravy (3%), Dried Beet Pulp, Linseed (1%), Dried Antarctic Krill (1%), Minerals, Fish Oil (1%), Cellulose, Dried Brewers Yeast, Dried Chicory (A Natural Source Of Fos And Inulin) (1%), Yeast Cell Wall (A Natural Source Of Mos And Beta Glucans) (1%), Gos (Galacto Oligosaccharides) (1%), Dried Curcuma Longa, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulphate, Msm (Methylsulfonylmethane), Yucca Schidigera, Dried Melissa Officinalis, Dried Thymus Vulgaris, Dried Fenugreek, Olive Powder, Dried Rosehip, Tyndallized Lactobacillus Helveticus

Against the range

One grain-free chicken kibble for large breeds. Chicken is the only land meat, declared at 40% with the fresh and dried shares on separate lines, and potato, sweet potato and peas do the binding. Krill and fish oil bring marine omega 3, and the gut extras each carry a percentage.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

365 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

18.7%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

41.7%

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

44%

Carbs

38.8%

Veg

Oils

Other

7.2%

Pricing & size