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K9 Optimum K9 Senior Medium/Maxi Dry Dog Food Chicken
DryCompleteSeniorContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 46% carbs (dry weight)
First ingredients: Chicken Freshly Prepared (20%), Chicken Dried (17%), Rice, Maize, Chicken Fat… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 41%
- Protein, dry weight
- 27%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~46%
- kcal/100 g
- 362
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken Freshly Prepared. 41% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 41%
- No amount given 59%
Chicken Freshly Prepared (20%), Chicken Dried (17%), Rice, Maize, Chicken Fat, Chicken Gravy, Salmon Freshly Prepared (4%), Whole Oats, Beet Pulp, Prairie Meal, Brewers Yeast, Egg Powder, Minerals, Salmon Oil, Turmeric, Marigold, Mannan Oligosaccharides, Fructo-Oligosaccharides, Glucosamine, MSM, Yucca Schidigera, Blackcurrant, Nz Green Lipped Mussel, Rosemary, Pomegranate
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Carnitine (3a910) (500 mg/kg), Copper (Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate, 3b405) (9 mg/kg), Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous, 3b202) (1.65 mg/kg), Iron (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate, 3b103) (25 mg/kg), Manganese (Manganese (II) Oxide, 3b502) (50 mg/kg), Selenium (Sodium Selenite, 3b801) (0.1 mg/kg), Taurine (3a370) (850 mg/kg), Vitamin A (Retinyl Acetate, 3a672a) (23, 000 IU/kg), Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol, 3a671) (1, 600 IU/kg), Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol, 3a700) (330 mg/kg), Zinc (Zinc Chelate of Glycine Hydrate, 3b607) (33 mg/kg), Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate, 3b605) (115 mg/kg)
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken Freshly Prepared”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken Freshly Prepared (20%) | Named meat | 20% |
| Chicken Dried (17%) | Named meat | 17% |
| Rice | Grain | Not given |
| Maize | Grain | Not given |
| Chicken Fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Chicken Gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Salmon Freshly Prepared (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| Whole Oats | Grain | Not given |
| Beet Pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Prairie Meal | Other | Not given |
| Brewers Yeast | Other | Not given |
| Egg Powder | Other | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Salmon Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Turmeric | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Marigold | Other | Not given |
| Mannan Oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| Fructo-Oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| Glucosamine | Other | Not given |
| MSM | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 27% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25% | 27% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 15% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~42% | ~46% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.6% |
| Moisture | 8% | 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.
Energy362 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 37
The kind of meat scored best (10.6 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.8 of 20).
How much meat?
15.6 / 45 points- Meat on the label14.4 / 35 points
41% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.2 / 10 points
Protein is 27.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.8 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 45.7% 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?
10.6 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.6 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 88% 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 46% to 28% by dry weight, and protein is about 35%.
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. 34 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 34 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.
34 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, blackcurrant, broth (meat stock), chicken, egg, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, l-carnitine, maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), marigold meal, minerals, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), 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)Beet pulp, blackcurrant, broth (meat stock), chicken, egg, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), green-lipped mussel, 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)Blackcurrant, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, l-carnitine, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), marigold meal, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), 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 Senior Medium/Maxi Dry Dog Food Chicken 2kg · £5.75 | K9 Senior Medium/Maxi Dry Dog Food Chicken 2kg | £5.75 | £2.88/kg | Visit |
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Jollyes | K9 Senior Medium/Maxi Dry Dog Food Chicken 2kg | £5.75 | £2.88/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Jollyes | K9 Senior Medium/Maxi Dry Dog Food Chicken 2kg | £5.75 | £2.88/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Jollyes | K9 Senior Medium/Maxi Dry Dog Food Chicken 2kg | £5.75 (out of stock) | £2.88/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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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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