Optimum Pet Health

Optimum Pet Health Puppy Trays review

Name: Optimum Pet Health Puppy Trays
Brand: Optimum Pet Health

78.5/100Excellent

WetPuppy

A growth tray in our Excellent band that is mostly chicken, at 65%, with very little else. Carbohydrate stops at 8.0% of dry matter against 13.6% for the category. The one gap is calcium, which the label does not print.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups doing well on chicken, the tray's only meat
A bowl that is mostly meat: protein at 40.0% of dry matter
Digestion still settling. Prebiotic MOS and chicory sit at 0.1% each with two tyndallised cultures
Mixing wet into a dry diet, since 75% moisture brings water and appetite appeal
Grain-free feeding

Worth watching

No calcium figure, which is what rearing a large or giant breed turns on
Salmon oil in the recipe, so not fish free despite one meat
Wet feeds in large volumes, so trays go quickly and storage adds up

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

How this scores

How we score

78.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Small and medium pups are unaffected by the missing calcium figure; for a pup heading to a large frame, ask Optimum for it first.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Optimum Pet Health Puppy Trays 78.5

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Construction earns the place: one meat at a generous share and starch held well under the category's usual level.

What's in it

Chicken65%The only meat, and the analysis agrees with the front of the tray.
Dried peasFibre and B vitamins, with some starch.
Dried carrotVitamin A and a little soluble fibre.
MineralsAsh reads 12.0% of dry matter, a generous mineral load.
Salmon oil0.1%Marine omega 3, and the fish in the allergen picture.
Prebiotic MOS, prebiotic chicory0.1% eachBeta glucans and inulin, working on the large intestine's bacteria.
Dried algae0.035%
Dried rosehip, blueberry extract0.015% eachAntioxidant touches at the garnish end.
Tyndallised Lactobacillus helveticus, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei0.0035% each

No calcium figure on the label. For a pup heading to a large or giant frame, ask Optimum for it.

Named ingredients

68443back.jpg (68443_04, single 395g tray)): Chicken (65%), Dried Peas, Dried Carrot, Minerals, 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), Dried Rosehip (0.015%), Blueberry extract (0.015%), Tyndallised Lactobacillus helveticus HA-122 (0.0035%), Tyndallised Lacticaseibacillus paracasei HA-108 (0.0035%).

Against the range

One growth tray built on a single meat, chicken at 65%, with dried peas and dried carrot as the only plant bulk. The rest is a short run of prebiotics, two tyndallised cultures, salmon oil and algae.

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

20.9%

Carbs

8.1%

Veg

3.6%

Oils

0.1%

Other

2.3%