Optimum Pet Health

Optimum Pet Health Senior Cans review

Name: Optimum Pet Health Senior Cans
Brand: Optimum Pet Health

78/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

A senior can built on chicken at 60%, in our Excellent band, with no cereal on the list. Dried Antarctic krill at 1% brings DHA, and glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM each come with a printed figure. Protein converts to 43.2% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs feeling their joints, the joint group declared line by line
Owners who want chicken as the only meat
Dogs kept off cereal entirely
Any build, toy through to giant, from the one can
Dogs shy of the water bowl. Roughly four fifths of every can is moisture

Worth watching

Krill is a shellfish, so a dog kept off seafood will meet it here
The joint levels are supporting amounts, so a dog with diagnosed arthritis stays on what the vet prescribed
Minerals in one entry with no breakdown

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

How this scores

How we score

78/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The printed guide reads higher than a small dog could eat, so feed by weight and condition.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Optimum Pet Health Senior Cans 78.0

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

One named meat, no cereal and extras with figures put it a little above an already strong wet shelf, solid everywhere with no single standout.

What's in it

Chicken60%The only meat on the list, and it does the feeding.
MineralsNot broken down, the one place the label stops talking.
Dried Antarctic krill1%A DHA source, and shellfish on an otherwise chicken only label.
Hydrolysed collagen0.1%
Turmeric0.1%
Glucosamine hydrochloride, MSM, chondroitin sulphate0.03%, 0.02%, 0.01%Supporting levels, a helpful part of dinner.
Yucca schidigera
Lemon balm, thyme, fenugreek, olive powder, rosehip0.01% down to 0.005%Trace level. The chicken is why you buy the can.
Tyndallised Lactobacillus helveticus0.001%

Named ingredients

68604back.jpg (68604_02, 12x395g sleeve)): Chicken (60%), minerals, dried Antarctic krill (1%) (a natural source of DHA), hydrolyzed Collagen (0.1%), dried Curcuma longa (turmeric) (0.1%), glucosamine hydrochloride (0.03%), Yucca schidigera, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) (0.02%), chondroitin sulphate (0.01%), dried Melissa officinalis (0.01%), dried Thymus vulgaris, dried fenugreek, olive powder, dried rosehip (0.005%), tyndallized Lactobacillus helveticus (0.001%).

Against the range

One recipe. Chicken at 60% is the only meat, and there is no cereal anywhere. The rest of the list is senior support with figures beside it: krill for DHA, a joint group, collagen and a herbal tail at trace level.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

100 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

43.2%

Fat

29.5%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

11.4%

Carbs

11.4%

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

61%

Added water

23.2%

Other

15.8%

Pricing & size