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Pro Plan Small & Mini Adult Sensitive Skin OptiDerma review

Name: Pro Plan Small & Mini Adult Sensitive Skin OptiDerma
Brand: Pro Plan

52.2/100Good

DryAdult

A small dog salmon recipe with the coat brief written into the fats and the mineral panel. Salmon leads at 20%, fish oil closes the list, and zinc and vitamin E are dosed in print. It sits in our Good band, and a small fish-loving dog will do perfectly well on it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and mini adults whose skin and coat need the diet to pull its weight
Little dogs kept clear of chicken and lamb, with salmon the only species named
A lively small dog. The bowl carries 398 kcal per 100 grams
Coat minerals dosed in print: zinc at 100 mg per kilo, vitamin E at 550 IU

Worth watching

Corn four ways and soya meal on a recipe named for sensitivity
Fat at 18%, so measure the portion for a small dog who mostly naps

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

How this scores

How we score

52.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and mini breed adults. The label gives 105 grams a day for a 5kg dog doing under an hour of exercise; start in the middle of your dog's band and let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Pro Plan Small & Mini Adult Sensitive Skin OptiDerma 52.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is one of the meatier on a cereal-based kibble; the unnamed fats and the middle of the list are what set the level.

What's in it

Salmon, including head, bone, meat20%Fresh fish takes a lot of water into the oven and brings little back.
Rice18%
Dried salmon proteinWhere much of the finished kibble's fish protein comes from.
Corn protein meal, corn, corn starch, corn gritsCorn protein meal is a refined plant protein that helps the headline figure along.
Animal fatsNo species named.
Soya mealMost dogs never notice it, though it comes up often with reactive dogs.
Dried beet pulp, dried vegetable fibre, minerals
Soybean oilA plant oil with no soya protein in it.
Digest, yeast, dried eggDigest names no creature. Egg protein is easy for a dog to use.
Fish oilThe marine omega 3 a dull coat responds to.

Vitamins A, D3, E and C with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

High quality salmon* (including head, bone, meat) (20%), Rice* (18%), Dried salmon protein*, Corn protein meal*, Corn*, Animal fats, Soya meal*, Dried beet pulp*, Corn starch, Minerals, Dried vegetable fiber, Soybean oil, Corn grits, Digest, Yeast*, Dried egg*, Fish oil

Against the range

One recipe. Salmon leads at 20%, head, bone and meat, with dried salmon protein third, and rice at 18% heads the plant side with corn behind it in four forms. Protein is 32.6% of dry matter and carbohydrate an estimated 37.5%, well below the 46.2% typical. The animal fats and the digest name no species.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

398 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

37.5%

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

44.4%

Carbs

48.8%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

3.6%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size