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Pro Plan Medium Puppy Sensitive Digestion OptiDigest review

Name: Pro Plan Medium Puppy Sensitive Digestion OptiDigest
Brand: Pro Plan

47.8/100Average

DryPuppy

The lamb and rice option in this growth range, built for a puppy gut that grumbles. Lamb at 20% opens the list and calcium is printed, but dried poultry protein, corn and soya meal sit behind it. Those hold it in our Average band, under the middle of the puppy dry market.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed puppies with unsettled digestion, the job this recipe was written for
Calcium in print, at a level a medium-framed pup grows well on
Fibre handled deliberately, with dried beet pulp declared at 5%
Nursing mothers alongside their litter, as the pack guide sets out the mother's amounts too
A generous antioxidant supply, with vitamin E at 550 IU/kg and vitamin C at 140 mg/kg

Worth watching

Dried poultry protein second on the list, so not a single meat or novel protein diet
Corn three ways, rice and soya meal, for a pup sensitive to cereal or soya
Animal fats and digest with no species, which rules out a strict exclusion diet
A prebiotic source flagged but neither named nor dosed

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

How this scores

How we score

47.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium breed puppies. A pup headed for a large adult size works to a lower calcium ceiling and belongs on a large breed growth recipe.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Pro Plan Medium Puppy Sensitive Digestion OptiDigest 47.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis and supplement panel do their job, and the digestive additions are real work, but they sit on a base of grain, plant protein and unnamed animal entries.

What's in it

Lamb (including lungs and liver)20%Offal earns its place in a growth food, though fresh lamb is largely water before cooking.
Dried poultry proteinNo species named, so the bird has not left the bowl.
Rice15%Cooked starch most dogs break down easily.
Corn, soya mealA lot of maize for a sensitivity recipe, and plant protein on top.
Animal fatsSpecies not given.
Dried beet pulp5%A working inclusion: firms a stool and feeds the bacteria downstream.
Digest, corn protein meal
Dried egg, corn grits, mineralsEgg lifts the protein quality.
Fish oilMarine omega 3.
Prebiotics sourceNo name, no dose.

A generously dosed panel, with vitamins A, D3, E and C, and iron, zinc and manganese named underneath in sulphate forms.

Lamb on the front, but dried poultry protein sits second. Not a swap for a pup that has reacted to chicken.

Named ingredients

High quality lamb (including lungs and liver) (20%), Dried poultry protein, Rice (15%), Corn, Soya meal, Animal fats, Dried beet pulp (5%), Digest, Corn protein meal, Dried egg, Corn grits, Minerals, Fish oil, *prebiotics source.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

400 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

19%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.7%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.4%

Carbs

35.6%

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

50.7%

Carbs

40%

Oils

3.6%

Other

5.7%

Pricing & size