Optimum Pet Health

Optimum Pet Health Adult Trays review

Name: Optimum Pet Health Adult Trays
Brand: Optimum Pet Health

78.4/100Excellent

WetAdult

A rich chicken tray in our Excellent band, with chicken at 65% and almost no starch behind it. The tail reads like a supplement list, and every entry in it carries a percentage. The one blank is the vitamin and trace element panel, which is not printed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that struggle to hold weight, at 121 kcal per 100g
Owners who like extras itemised. MOS, chicory, algae and marshmallow root each carry a figure
Unsettled digestion, with two named bacterial strains and a pair of prebiotics on the label
Adults of any build, from toy to giant
Homes that leave cereal out. Dried peas and carrot are the only plant matter

Worth watching

Dried plasma at 1% names no animal
Salmon oil puts fish in the tray
Fat at 36.0% of dry matter is generous, so watch portions on a dog that gains easily
No printed vitamin or trace element panel

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

How this scores

How we score

78.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. It is energy dense, so check the dog's weight after the first few weeks and trim the portion if needed.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Optimum Pet Health Adult Trays 78.4

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

It competes near the top of a strong field, finishing a shade in front of the brand's cans.

What's in it

Chicken65%Named plainly; the list uses no category terms.
Dried peas, dried carrotThe only plant bulk, and very little of either.
Dried plasma1%The liquid part of blood, dried. A digestible protein, but no animal is named.
Minerals
Yeast extract, salmon oil0.3%, 0.1%Salmon oil puts fish in the tray.
Prebiotic MOS, prebiotic chicory0.1% eachBeta glucans and inulin each given their own figure.
Dried algae0.035%For omega 3.
Marshmallow root powder, dried melon juice0.015%, 0.005%
Tyndallised Lactobacillus helveticus HA-122, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei HA-1080.0035% eachTwo named bacterial strains, heat-treated.

No vitamin or trace element doses printed, which stands out on a label this open everywhere else.

Named ingredients

68444back.jpg (68444_04, single 395g tray)): Chicken (65%), Dried Peas, Dried Carrot, Dried Plasma (1%), Minerals, Yeast Extract (0.3%), Salmon Oil (0.1%), Prebiotic MOS (0.1% including beta glucans 0.03%), Prebiotic Chicory (0.1% including inulin 0.06%), Dried Algae (0.035%, source of omega 3), Marshmallow Root Powder (0.015%), Dried Melon Juice (0.005%, source of superoxide dismutase), Tyndallised Lactobacillus helveticus HA-122 (0.0035%), Tyndallised Lacticaseibacillus paracasei HA-108 (0.0035%).

Against the range

One chicken tray, the richer half of the brand's wet pair, with every small extra carrying a printed percentage.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

121 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

36%

Fibre

Ash

12%

Carbs

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

65%

Added water

20.1%

Carbs

7.8%

Veg

3.4%

Oils

0.1%

Other

3.6%