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Pro Plan All Size Adult Performance OptiPower review

Name: Pro Plan All Size Adult Performance OptiPower
Brand: Pro Plan

47.5/100Average

DryAdult

A high-energy kibble for dogs that burn through an ordinary bowl before lunchtime. Fat is declared at 21.0% and energy at 415 kcal per 100g, against 357 typical of adult dry, with carbohydrate low for a kibble at 33.1% of dry matter. It sits in our Average band because so much of the animal content goes unnamed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs through a busy season
Dogs that drop condition once the workload rises: a smaller bowl carries the same fuel
Modest appetites on big dogs, as less bulk reaches the same energy
Owners who want a feeding table matched to one to three hours of exercise a day

Worth watching

A dog whose day is a gentle walk and a long nap will put weight on unless the portion comes down
Wheat and soya meal both feature
Dried poultry protein and animal fats carry no species, so no help for an elimination trial

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

How this scores

How we score

47.5/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size in hard work. The label asks 330 grams a day at 25kg and 660 grams at 70kg, so let the actual workload and the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pro Plan All Size Adult Performance OptiPower 47.5

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap to the typical dry food is almost entirely one of naming; on energy and protein this is a strong working-dog kibble.

What's in it

Chicken (including back and chest)20.5%Parts named, which is more candour than most kibbles offer. Fresh, so much of it is water.
Dried poultry proteinCarries the protein through the oven. No bird named.
Wheat
Animal fatsThe engine of the recipe, and the label's biggest omission: no animal given.
Rice, corn8% riceSharing a small starch load.
Soya meal, corn protein mealPlant protein alongside the meat.
DigestA hydrolysed animal protein sprayed on, so a tired dog still wants dinner.
Dried beet pulp, mineralsFibre is light at 2.0%.
Fish oilAdds the omega 3s.
Dried eggWell digested protein, and egg on the allergy list.

Vitamin E at a generous 800 IU per kilo, sensible with this much fat, beside zinc at 130 mg, iron at 140 mg and manganese at 52 mg, all as sulphates.

Calcium works out at 1.73% of dry matter, an adult figure; it is not a food for a growing large breed.

Named ingredients

High quality chicken (including back and chest) (20.5%), Dried poultry protein, Wheat, Animal fats, Rice (8%), Soya meal, Corn protein meal, Digest, Dried beet pulp, Corn, Minerals, Fish oil, Dried egg

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

415 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

21%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

22.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

33.1%

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

53.4%

Carbs

35.7%

Oils

6.4%

Other

4.5%

Pricing & size