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K9 Optimum K9 Puppy Dry Food, Maxi, Chicken
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: Chicken dried (18.5%), Chicken (18%), Rice, Maize, Chicken gravy… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 40.7%
- Protein, dry weight
- 31%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~43%
- kcal/100 g
- 349
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken dried. 40.7% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 40.7%
- Plants 1%
- Other 1%
- No amount given 57.3%
Chicken dried (18.5%), Chicken (18%), Rice, Maize, Chicken gravy, Salmon (4.2%), Chicken fat, Whole oats, Prairie meal, Salmon meal, Brewer’s yeast, Beet pulp, Full fat linseed (1%), Salmon oil (1%), Egg powder, Marine algae (source of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)), Minerals, Marigold (source of lutein), Rosemary, Pomegranate, Mannan oligosaccharides, Glucosamine, Nucleotides, Turmeric, Blackcurrant, Yucca schidigera, NZ green lipped mussel, Methylsulphonylmethane
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A (retinyl acetate, 3a672a) (22,000 IU/Kg), Vitamin D (cholecalciferol, 3a671) (1,700 IU/Kg), Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol, 3a700) (340mg/Kg), Taurine (3a370) (250mg/Kg), Iron (iron (II) sulphate monohydrate, 3b103) (22mg/Kg), Iodine (calcium iodate anhydrous, 3b202) (1.75mg/Kg), Copper (copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate, 3b405) (8mg/Kg), Manganese (manganese (II) oxide, 3b502) (47mg/Kg), Zinc (zinc sulphate monohydrate, 3b605) (115mg/Kg), Zinc (zinc chelate of glycine hydrate, 3b607) (33mg/Kg), Selenium (sodium selenite, 3b801) (0.1mg/Kg)
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken dried”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken dried (18.5%) | Named meat | 18.5% |
| Chicken (18%) | Named meat | 18% |
| Rice | Grain | Not given |
| Maize | Grain | Not given |
| Chicken gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Salmon (4.2%) | Named meat | 4.2% |
| Chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Part of the item above |
| Whole oats | Grain | Not given |
| Prairie meal | Other | Not given |
| Salmon meal | Named meat | Not given |
| Brewer’s yeast | Other | Not given |
| Beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Full fat linseed (1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| Salmon oil (1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1% |
| Egg powder | Other | Not given |
| Marine algae (source of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Marigold (source of lutein) | Other | Not given |
| Rosemary | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Pomegranate | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 31% and carbs about 43%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 28% | 31% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 13.5% | 15% |
| Carbohydrate | ~39% | ~43% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.
Why it scores 37
The kind of meat scored best (10.2 of 15). Starch scored lowest (5.6 of 20).
How much meat?
16.1 / 45 points- Meat on the label14.2 / 35 points
40.7% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.9 / 10 points
Protein is 31.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 43.2% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
10.2 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.2 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as dried, fresh and meal, which earns 85% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat0 / 3 points
No organ meat named.
No ingredient deductions.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other dry foods
What the score means
One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.
75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.
How we rate foods →Less starch in the bowl
Half and half by calories with Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 43% to 24% by dry weight, and protein is about 37%.
Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 35 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 35 nothing flagged
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
35 ingredients with nothing flagged
Algae, beet pulp, blackcurrant, broth (meat stock), chicken, egg, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), marigold meal, minerals, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), nucleotides, oats, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rice, rosemary, salmon, salmon oil, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), turmeric, yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Algae, beet pulp, blackcurrant, broth (meat stock), chicken, egg, green-lipped mussel, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), marigold meal, minerals, oats, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rice, rosemary, salmon, salmon oil, turmeric, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Algae, blackcurrant, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), marigold meal, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), nucleotides, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, taurine, turmeric, yeast, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Jollyes. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JollyesK9 Puppy Maxi Dry Food Chicken 12kg · £19.00 | K9 Puppy Maxi Dry Food Chicken 12kg | £19.00 | £1.58/kg | Visit |
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Jollyes | K9 Puppy Maxi Dry Food Chicken 12kg | £19.00 | £1.58/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Jollyes | K9 Puppy Maxi Dry Food Chicken 12kg | £19.00 | £1.58/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Jollyes | K9 Puppy Maxi Dry Food Chicken 12kg | £19.00 (out of stock) | £1.58/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
1 dry food scores 10 points higher at the same price or less.

- Meat
- 57% this food 40.7%
- Carbs
- about 36% this food about 43%
- To feed
- about the same per 1,000 kcal
+10 points
Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.
Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Jollyes.
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