Opti Life Prime Puppy

Dry Extruded · completeClear label

48out of 100

Average

our rating

Our verdict

Is Opti Life Prime Puppy a good dog food?

We score it 48/100 (Average). This reflects the ingredient quality, composition and label transparency of the recipe as declared on the label.

Complete extruded dry food for puppies, with chicken, potatoes and peas as the main ingredients.

How we score

Only part of the analytical constituents are declared, so the nutritional picture is incomplete.

36% of this recipe has no printed percentage. Estimated shares are model estimates, not label facts.

Why you might choose it

Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
Doesn't list grain ingredients.
High in protein: 38% protein on a dry-matter basis.

Why you might not

Around 41% of the recipe is generic or unspecified ingredients.
High in fat: 20% fat on a dry-matter basis.
Meat makes up an estimated 9% of the dry matter (8% as fed); carbohydrates dominate.

Who is this food for?

Suits

Labelled by the manufacturer for puppies
Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
Doesn't list beef, turkey, lamb, venison, pork, duck as ingredients

Consider something else if:

Your dog avoids chicken: the label lists chicken
Your dog avoids fish: the label lists krill
You want a single-protein recipe: this one lists more than one animal protein
You are limiting fat: 20.0% on a dry-matter basis is in the high band

These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Find foods that fit your dog.

Nutrition and feedingProtein 38% · Fat 20%

Typical analysis (as fed)

Nutrient	As fed
Protein	38%
Fat	20%
Fibre	3%
Ash	8%
Calcium	1.30%
Phosphorus	1%

Additives & feeding info

No additives recorded yet.

Ingredients (24)36% of the recipe is estimated

Estimated composition

unknown 45.0%
carb 15.0%
veg 13.7%
meat 7.8%
supplement 6.9%
fibre 4.9%
oil 4.9%
additive 1.8%

#	As declared	Matched	Label reading	Declared %	Est. %
1	Chicken	Chicken	meat · medium	-	2.8
2	Dehydrated 45%	unmatched	-	45	45.0
3	Potato (15%)	Potatoes	carb · medium	15	15.0
4	Peas	Peas	veg · good	-	2.7
5	Animal Fat	Unspecified Animal Fats and Oils	oil · poor	-	2.6
6	Linseed	Linseed	veg · good	-	2.6
7	Hydrolysed Animal Proteins	Hydrolysed Animal Protein	meat · medium	-	2.5
8	Vegetable Fibres	Vegetable fibre	fibre · medium	-	2.4
9	Cellulose 2%	Cellulose	fibre · medium	2	2.0
10	Brewer's Yeast	Brewer's Yeast	supplement · good	-	2.3
11	Salmon Oil	Salmon Oil	oil · good	-	2.2
12	Minerals	Vitamins and minerals	supplement · medium	-	2.1
13	Krill (0.5%)	Krill	meat · good	0.5	0.5
14	FOS (0.5%)	Fructo-oligosaccharides	supplement · good	0.5	0.5
15	Psyllium (0.5%)	Psyllium	fibre · good	0.5	0.5
16	Dried Whole Eggs	Dried Whole Egg	meat · good	-	2.1
17	Sea Algae (Ascophyllum Nodosum)	Seaweed	veg · good	-	2.0
18	Lecithin	Lecithin	supplement · good	-	1.9
19	MOS (0.1%)	Mannanoligosaccharides	supplement · good	0.1	0.1
20	Salts of Fatty Acids (Butyric Acid)	Salt	additive · poor	-	1.8
21	Turmeric	Turmeric	veg · good	-	1.7
22	Rosemary	Rosemary	veg · good	-	1.6
23	Tagetes	Tagetes	veg · medium	-	1.6
24	Green Tea	Green Tea	veg · good	-	1.5

1. Chicken2.8% estimated
Chicken · meat · medium
2. Dehydrated 45%45% declared45.0% estimated
unmatched
3. Potato (15%)15% declared15.0% estimated
Potatoes · carb · medium
4. Peas2.7% estimated
Peas · veg · good
5. Animal Fat2.6% estimated
Unspecified Animal Fats and Oils · oil · poor
6. Linseed2.6% estimated
Linseed · veg · good
7. Hydrolysed Animal Proteins2.5% estimated
Hydrolysed Animal Protein · meat · medium
8. Vegetable Fibres2.4% estimated
Vegetable fibre · fibre · medium
9. Cellulose 2%2% declared2.0% estimated
Cellulose · fibre · medium
10. Brewer's Yeast2.3% estimated
Brewer's Yeast · supplement · good
11. Salmon Oil2.2% estimated
Salmon Oil · oil · good
12. Minerals2.1% estimated
Vitamins and minerals · supplement · medium
13. Krill (0.5%)0.5% declared0.5% estimated
Krill · meat · good
14. FOS (0.5%)0.5% declared0.5% estimated
Fructo-oligosaccharides · supplement · good
15. Psyllium (0.5%)0.5% declared0.5% estimated
Psyllium · fibre · good
16. Dried Whole Eggs2.1% estimated
Dried Whole Egg · meat · good
17. Sea Algae (Ascophyllum Nodosum)2.0% estimated
Seaweed · veg · good
18. Lecithin1.9% estimated
Lecithin · supplement · good
19. MOS (0.1%)0.1% declared0.1% estimated
Mannanoligosaccharides · supplement · good
20. Salts of Fatty Acids (Butyric Acid)1.8% estimated
Salt · additive · poor
21. Turmeric1.7% estimated
Turmeric · veg · good
22. Rosemary1.6% estimated
Rosemary · veg · good
23. Tagetes1.6% estimated
Tagetes · veg · medium
24. Green Tea1.5% estimated
Green Tea · veg · good

Trust and sourceNo recalls recorded in our database · checked 2026-09-14

Brand and contact: Opti Life

Opti Life

Website: https://www.versele.com/en/vl/opti-life/dogs/products-prime
Contact page: www.optilife.eu

Trust and provenance

Recall history: No recalls recorded in our database
Label data last checked: 2026-09-14
Scored with: Model v3 (methodology)
Product page: www.versele.com

Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.

Brand and retailer reviews

External platform ratings are not scores for this individual recipe.

Trustpilot: 4.8/5 · 55 reviews

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Score details and methodologyCalculations, history and evidence

Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated

Why this score?

The overall quality of the ingredient list contributed +2.9 points, which helped lift the score. The processing format took -6.7 points off, and ingredients without printed percentages cost a further -3.8 points. Finally, ingredients we could not classify reduced the total by -1.1 points. Taken together, these factors produce a score of 48 out of 100.

Scored with model v3 on 2026-10-25. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

Component	Input	Coefficient	Contribution
Base score	-	30.909	+30.91
Average ingredient quality	0.3	9.191	+2.90
Meat share of dry matter	0.3%	0.096	+0.02
Carb share of dry matter	6.8%	-0.115	-0.78
Oil share of dry matter	8.7%	-0.092	-0.80
Vegetable share of dry matter	12.2%	-0.005	-0.06
Additive share of dry matter	2.9%	0.163	+0.48
Supplement share of dry matter	11.5%	-0.012	-0.14
Unrecognised share of dry matter	40.7%	-0.027	-1.08
Recipe graded poor	4.4%	-0.065	-0.29
Number of poor ingredients	2	-0.876	-1.75
Largest single poor ingredient	2.6%	0.060	+0.16
Undeclared quantities	36.4%	-0.106	-3.84
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)	yes	-3.158	-3.16
Additive penalty	-2.29	0.222	-0.51
Processing multiplier	0.98	33.786	+33.11
Processing: Dry Extruded	yes	-6.713	-6.71

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Component	Input	Coefficient	Contribution
Base score	-	30.909	+30.91
Average ingredient quality	0.3	9.191	+2.90
Meat share of dry matter	0.3%	0.096	+0.02
Carb share of dry matter	6.8%	-0.115	-0.78
Oil share of dry matter	8.7%	-0.092	-0.80
Vegetable share of dry matter	12.2%	-0.005	-0.06
Additive share of dry matter	2.9%	0.163	+0.48
Supplement share of dry matter	11.5%	-0.012	-0.14
Other share of dry matter	0.0%	-0.375	+0.00
Unrecognised share of dry matter	40.7%	-0.027	-1.08
Recipe graded poor	4.4%	-0.065	-0.29
Poor-quality meat in recipe	0.0%	-0.179	+0.00
Number of poor ingredients	2	-0.876	-1.75
Largest single poor ingredient	2.6%	0.060	+0.16
Undeclared quantities	36.4%	-0.106	-3.84
Prints ingredient percentages	no	0.000	+0.00
Complete diet	no	2.294	+0.00
Frozen or chilled fresh	no	0.000	+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)	no	0.707	+0.00
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)	yes	-3.158	-3.16
High carb and low meat	no	-1.180	+0.00
Meat share × printed percentages	0.0	0.000	+0.00
Meat share × fresh	0.0	0.000	+0.00
Fresh × high meat	0.0	11.084	+0.00
Additive penalty	-2.29	0.222	-0.51
Processing multiplier	0.98	33.786	+33.11
Processing: Raw	no	-0.054	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilled	no	-2.354	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozen	no	-2.354	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigerated	no	0.000	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelf	no	-0.672	+0.00
Processing: Dry Freeze Dried	no	6.629	+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Dried	no	6.331	+0.00
Processing: Dry Cold Pressed	no	-6.713	+0.00
Processing: Dry Baked	no	-6.713	+0.00
Processing: Dry Extruded	yes	-6.713	-6.71
Processing: Dry Semi Moist	no	-6.174	+0.00
Processing: Dry Muesli	no	-10.146	+0.00
Processing: Wet Pate	no	-0.672	+0.00
Processing: Wet Chunks	no	-0.672	+0.00

Processing-type offset: +0.02
Subtotal: 48.5
Final score: 48/100

Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.

Score history across model versions

The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.

Model	Score
v3	48/100	current
v2	56/100
v1	53/100
v1.9	65/100

Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges

How the declared analysis compares with FEDIAF reference ranges for puppies and growth. The label prints as-fed values; we convert to a dry-matter basis before scoring, and the bands are dry-matter ranges. Scores rise to 100 at the band midpoint: the reference is adequacy, not maximisation. Nutrients with a published upper limit taper again above it; fat is policed through calorie density rather than a direct penalty.

Scored against FEDIAF growth minima; puppy scoring is under review.

Nutrient	As fed (label)	Dry matter (scored)	Score
Protein	38	42	100
Fat	20	22.1	100
Calcium	1.3	1.4	100
Phosphorus	1	1.1	100
Calcium:phosphorus ratio	1.3	1.3	100

Scored over 5 declared nutrients (combined weight 70); undeclared nutrients do not affect the score. Moisture was not declared and was estimated at 9.5% from the food type.

No nutritional additives section declared on the label.

Low confidence: partial analysis or moisture estimated from the food type.

This measures agreement with published reference ranges, not suitability for an individual dog. For medical conditions, follow veterinary guidance.

Transparency: what the label discloses

How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.

Item	Points
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)	10/10
✓ Printed percentages on the label (63.6% of the recipe mass) (voluntary)	12.7/20
✗ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file	0/15
✗ Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file	0/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file	0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)	5/5
✗ Feeding guidance given (mandatory) - not on file	0/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)	5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)	10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file	0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Analytical constituents declared, Additives declared, Feeding guidance given, Batch and date labelling).

Safety: recall history

Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.

No recalls recorded in our database.

See all current recalls we track.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

No on-pack claims on file: nothing to verify.

The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.

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