Optimum Pet Health

Optimum Pet Health Puppy Small-Medium Breeds review

Name: Optimum Pet Health Puppy Small-Medium Breeds
Brand: Optimum Pet Health

69.7/100Good

DryPuppy

A grain-free growth kibble for pups that will not finish large, and it comes out in our Good band. It is the richest of the maker's puppy bags, at 32.0% protein and 20.0% fat, with calcium declared and every fat and gravy from chicken. The printing lets it down: the chicken breakdown does not add up to its own heading.

Where to buy: coming soon

Live retailer links are coming soon. Once we have them from UK retailers, where to buy and the best price will appear here.

Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium breed pups
Busy, quick-growing pups: 35.2% protein and 22.0% fat in dry matter
Owners who look for the calcium line first, here 1.1% of dry matter
Grain-free homes, with potato, sweet potato and green beans carrying the starch
New teeth, with sodium hexametaphosphate for tartar

Worth watching

The chicken figures do not resolve: 25% fresh and 16% dried under a 50% heading
Fish oil at 2% and krill at 1%, so not fish free
A rich recipe; a calmer pup wants portions on the scales

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

How this scores

How we score

69.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and medium breed puppies. The energy figure is our estimate, so take the bag's chart as a starting point for age and adult size and adjust from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Optimum Pet Health Puppy Small-Medium Breeds 69.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A capable recipe on a label that promises well and does not quite hold together; protein and processing is the one pillar keeping it from higher.

What's in it

Chicken: fresh chicken meat, dried chicken50% (25%, 16%)The parts do not add up to the heading, and the bracket is never closed. Chicken is still the only meat.
Dried potato flakes, dried sweet potatoes, green beansStarch without cereal.
Chicken fat10%The heaviest fat in the maker's puppy range, and named.
Chicken gravy3%
Dried beet pulp, linseed
Fish oil, dried Antarctic krill2%, 1%Long-chain omega 3 for young brains and coats.
Minerals (including sodium hexametaphosphate)Binds calcium in saliva before it hardens into tartar.
Carob flour, dried brewer's yeastCarob is misprinted as carob flower.
Dried chicory, yeast cell wall, GOS1% eachInulin, MOS and beta glucans. Inulin is misprinted as Insulin.
Glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, then herbs and a tyndallised LactobacillusNo doses printed; the botanicals are garnish.

Vitamin E at 450 mg and vitamin C at 100 mg with taurine, and trace minerals split between sulphates and amino acid chelates.

The exact chicken share cannot be pinned down from the pack, since its parts do not match the 50% heading.

Named ingredients

Chicken (Of Which Fresh Chicken Meat 25% And Dried Chicken 16% (50%), Dried Potato Flakes, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, Chicken Fat (10%), Chicken Gravy (3%), Dried Beet Pulp, Linseed, Fish Oil (2%), Dried Antarctic Krill (1%), Minerals (Of Which Sodium Hexametaphosphate), Carob Flower, Dried Brewer's Yeast, Dried Chicory (A Natural Source Of Fos And Insulin) (1%), Yeast Cell Wall (A Natural Source Of Mos And Beta Glucans) (1%), Gos (Galacto - Oligosaccharides) (1%), Dried Curcuma Longa, Ascophyllum Nodosum, 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

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

32%

Fat

20%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

35.2%

Fat

22%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

30.7%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size