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Pro Plan Large Robust Adult OptiBalance review

Name: Pro Plan Large Robust Adult OptiBalance
Brand: Pro Plan

40.1/100Average

DryAdult

The heavier-set dog's bag in the large breed line, and it comes out in our Average band. Fat is held to 12.0% and energy to 368 kcal per 100g, so a big frame can be fed generously without being over-fuelled. Chicken leads at 19%, but wheat turns up three times behind it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Heavy-boned large breeds, the frame this recipe is written around
A big dog that puts on weight easily, with fat kept to 12.0%
Steady rather than strenuous exercise; the feeding table assumes under an hour a day
Owners who like the main shares printed: chicken 19%, rice 15%
Firm stools on a big dog, helped by dried beet pulp

Worth watching

Wheat, wheat middlings and wheat gluten, a lot of one cereal
Dried poultry protein, digest and animal fats with no animal named
Calcium at 1.63% of dry matter is an adult level; a giant-breed puppy needs its own recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

40.1/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large adult dogs. For under an hour of activity a day, the label asks 325 grams for a 25kg dog and 770 grams for a 90kg dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pro Plan Large Robust Adult OptiBalance 40.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The reading is about how the protein is put together, fresh-weight chicken and a lot of wheat, and it misses how steady and well documented the food is in practice.

What's in it

Chicken (including back and chest)19%Frame meat, at fresh weight with the water still in.
Rice15%Unusually high in second place.
Dried poultry proteinConcentrated, but it never says which bird.
Wheat, corn, wheat middlingsMiddlings are the bran and germ left from milling: some fibre, modest nutrition.
DigestThe flavour coating. No animal named.
Dried beet pulpKeeps stools firm on a large volume of food.
Soya meal, wheat gluten, corn protein mealPlant protein on top of the meat.
Animal fatsSpecies not given.
Fish oilThe omega 3.
Minerals, dried egg

Every vitamin and trace mineral dosed in print, vitamin E at 550 IU among them, with tocopherol extracts keeping the fats steady.

Carbohydrate converts to 46.8% of dry matter, which a dog used to a meatier bowl will notice.

Named ingredients

High quality chicken (including back and chest) (19%), Rice (15%), Dried poultry protein, Wheat, Corn, Wheat middlings, Digest, Dried beet pulp, Soya meal, Wheat gluten, Animal fats, Corn protein meal, Fish oil, Minerals, Dried egg

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

46.8%

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

47.1%

Carbs

51.4%

Oils

0.5%

Other

Pricing & size