Pro Plan

Pro Plan Medium & Large Adult 7+ OptiAge review

Name: Pro Plan Medium & Large Adult 7+ OptiAge
Brand: Pro Plan

43.4/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A chicken and rice kibble for medium and large dogs past seven, on a familiar wheat base. It sits in our Average band because cereal fills so much of the bowl and several working entries never name an animal. Vegetable oil fractions at 5.5% are its signature, high enough on the list to be doing real work.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and large dogs past their seventh birthday
A senior who has always done fine on chicken and rice and should stay close to it
Older dogs that still need proper protein, at 31.5% of dry matter
Owners who like the full micronutrient panel printed, from vitamin E at 650 IU per kilo to selenium at 0.16 mg

Worth watching

Wheat twice, as the grain and again as gluten
Dried poultry protein gives only a family of birds, and the animal fats name nothing
Soya meal mid list, and fish oil at the end for a dog kept off fish

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

How this scores

How we score

43.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of medium and large size. Calcium works out at 1.49% of dry matter, so the check is grain: confirm your dog has no trouble with wheat before switching.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pro Plan Medium & Large Adult 7+ OptiAge 43.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A sound, unextreme analysis, pulled down by how much cereal there is and the entries that never name their animal.

What's in it

Chicken, including back and chest16%Parts named, which few labels do. Fresh, so it loses its water in the oven.
Dried poultry proteinCarries much of the protein. Poultry can mean goose or duck as much as chicken.
WheatThe grain more dogs grumble at than any other.
Rice12%
Corn, corn protein meal
Vegetable oil fractions5.5%Used for the particular fats they hold. The plant is not named.
Dried beet pulpThe fibre, a modest 2.2% of dry matter.
Soya mealEconomical protein, and one of the ingredients most often named where a dog proves reactive.
Minerals, wheat gluten
Animal fats, digest, fish oilNo species for the fats. Fish oil brings marine omega 3s.

Each trace mineral dosed individually, zinc at 130 mg and iron at 140 mg per kilo among them, with vitamin C at 165 mg.

Wheat appears twice, so a wheat-sensitive dog is outside the audience.

Named ingredients

High quality chicken (including back and chest) (16%), Dried poultry protein, Wheat, Rice (12%), Corn, Corn protein meal, Vegetable oil fractions (5.5%), Dried beet pulp, Soya meal, Minerals, Wheat gluten, Animal fats, Digest, Fish oil

Against the range

Cereal leads the build: wheat, rice at 12%, corn, corn protein meal and wheat gluten. Named chicken is 16%, fresh and weighed before the oven, and the protein behind it is dried poultry of unstated species. The vegetable oil fractions at 5.5% sit high on the list and mark this recipe out from the brand's other adult foods.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

386 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

41.8%

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

41%

Carbs

50.6%

Oils

6.1%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size