Optimum Pet Health

Optimum Pet Health Weight Control Adult review

Name: Optimum Pet Health Weight Control Adult
Brand: Optimum Pet Health

65.1/100Good

DryAdult

A slimming kibble that makes fewer calories fill a bowl, in our Good band. Fat is pulled down to 11.0% and fibre pushed up to 10.0%, with energy estimated at 314 kcal per 100g. Chicken still leads at 43%, so the protein has not been given up to make the sums work.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a diet, with a bowl that still looks like a proper meal
Keeping protein while the fat comes off: 29.7% of dry matter
Dogs that beg between meals. Fibre at 10.0% takes the edge off
Heavier dogs with joints under load
Households that keep cereal out

Worth watching

Cellulose at 8% does most of the bulking, adding volume and not nutrition
Krill and fish oil, so the recipe is not fish free
No glucosamine, chondroitin or MSM dose printed

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

How this scores

How we score

65.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A dog losing weight is fed below maintenance, so work from your vet's target, measure the scoop and count the treats.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Optimum Pet Health Weight Control Adult 65.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It carries the usual compromises of a slimming recipe and still holds the middle of adult dry food, with lower fat and higher fibre doing exactly what they were asked to.

What's in it

Chicken: fresh chicken meat, dried chicken43% (25%, 18%)What a dog holds muscle with while the fat comes off.
Dried potato flakes, dried sweet potatoes, green peasThe starch, with no cereal.
Cellulose8%Inert bulk the dog cannot break down, which is why it fills without adding energy.
Dried beet pulp5%Does more of the two, as gut bacteria ferment it.
Chicken gravy, linseed, chicken fat3%, 2% fatFat is the lever that has been pulled.
Dried Antarctic krill, fish oil1% eachMarine omega 3, and fish on the list.
Minerals, dried brewers yeast
Dried chicory, yeast cell wall, GOS1% eachFOS, inulin, MOS and beta glucans, written out in full.
Curcuma, glucosamine, chondroitin, MSMNo doses, so quiet support in the background.
Yucca, melissa, thyme, fenugreek, olive, rosehip, tyndallized Lactobacillus

Each trace mineral dosed twice, as a sulphate and an amino acid chelate, with taurine, vitamin E at 450 mg and vitamin C at 100 mg.

Named ingredients

Chicken (Of Which Fresh Chicken Meat 25% And Dried Chicken 18%) (43%), Dried Potato Flakes, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Green Peas, Cellulose (8%), Dried Beet Pulp (5%), Chicken Gravy (3%), Linseed, Chicken Fat (2%), Dried Antarctic Krill (1%), Fish Oil (1%), Minerals, Dried Brewers Yeast, Dried Chicory (A Natural Source Of Fos And Inulin) (1%), Yeast Cell Wall (A Natural Source Of Mos And Beta Glucans) (1%), Gos (Galacto Oligosaccharides) (1%), Dried Curcuma Longa, 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

One grain-free weight-control kibble. Chicken leads at 43% and is the only meat, supplying the fat and gravy too. Potato flakes, sweet potato and peas carry the starch. Cellulose and beet pulp push the fibre up, krill and fish oil bring marine omega 3, and the prebiotic set and trace minerals are written out with figures.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

314 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

11%

Fibre

10%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

12.1%

Fibre

11%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

39.5%

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

47%

Carbs

33.6%

Veg

Oils

Other

15.4%

Pricing & size