Optimum Pet Health

Optimum Pet Health Adult Medium Breeds review

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

64.4/100Good

DryAdult

A chicken-led, cereal-free kibble for the dog in the middle of the size chart, and it settles in our Good band. The fat is lighter than its stablemates. The mineral line names sodium hexametaphosphate, which is there for the teeth.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium adults on an ordinary routine of walks and naps
Owners who want the meat share broken open: 25% fresh chicken, 15% dried
Dogs kept off grain
An eye on tartar, with sodium hexametaphosphate named in the minerals
A prebiotic plan written out, FOS, MOS and GOS each at 1%

Worth watching

Krill and fish oil both on the list, so fish is on board
Fat at 15.0% suits a steady routine better than a working one
No joint supplements, if stiffness is already something you manage

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

How this scores

How we score

64.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium-breed adults. The energy figure is our estimate, so adjust by the waistline more than the scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Optimum Pet Health Adult Medium Breeds 64.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Solidly conventional: the potato and pea behind the meat hold nutritional balance at Average, while a very open label lifts transparency to Outstanding.

What's in it

Chicken: fresh meat, dried25%, 15%Fresh meat loses its water in the oven; the dried portion carries the protein.
Dried potato flakes, dried sweet potatoes, green peasThe starch. No cereal anywhere.
Chicken fat6%Named, where animal fat would have done.
Chicken gravy3%
Dried beet pulpFibre.
Minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate)Binds calcium in saliva so plaque has a harder time setting into tartar.
Dried Antarctic krill, fish oil, linseed1% eachMarine omega 3 from two sources, the plant form from linseed.
Dried chicory, yeast cell wall, GOS1% eachFOS and inulin, MOS and beta glucans, galacto-oligosaccharides. Unusually well itemised.
Brewers yeast, turmeric, seaweed, yucca, lemon balm, thyme, fenugreek, olive powder, rosehipSeasoning and no more.
Tyndallized Lactobacillus helveticus

Every trace mineral in two forms, a sulphate and an amino acid chelate, both dosed, plus taurine, vitamin C and vitamin E.

Named ingredients

Chicken (Of Which Fresh Chicken Meat 25% And Dried Chicken 15%) (40%), Dried Potato Flakes, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Green Peas, Chicken Fat (6%), Chicken Gravy (3%), Dried Beet Pulp, Minerals (Including Sodium Hexametaphoshate), Dried Antarctic Krill (1%), Fish Oil (1%), Linseed (1%), Dried Brewers Yeast, Dried Chicory (1%), Yeast Cell Wall (1%), Gos (Galacto Oligosaccharides) (1%), Dried Curcuma Longa, Ascophyllum Nodosum, Yucca Schidigera, Dried Melissa Officinalis, Dried Thymus Vulgaris, Dried Fenugreek, Olive Powder, Dried Rosehip, Tyndallized Lactobacillus Helveticus

Against the range

Chicken is 40% of the recipe, 25% fresh and 15% dried, and the only meat from the flesh to the fat and gravy. Potato flakes, sweet potato and green peas take the starch with no cereal, and every working extra carries a percentage.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

351.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

42.8%

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

40.6%

Veg

Oils

Other

7.3%

Pricing & size