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Ava Breed Health Cockapoo Dry review

Name: Ava Breed Health Cockapoo Dry
Brand: Ava

66/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free chicken recipe for Cockapoos, in our Good band in both its adult and puppy editions. The thing that marks it out is a calming quartet of valerian, skullcap, chamomile and dandelion root, aimed at the breed's lively temperament. Chicken supplies 41.4% of the bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Cockapoos of every mix: the adult guide runs from 2kg up to 17kg
Excitable dogs, with valerian, skullcap and chamomile in for their calming reputation
Dogs that do badly on grain. Potato and sweet potato carry all the starch
A home with a puppy and an adult, both fed from one construction

Worth watching

Chicken, egg and salmon oil in both, so neither fits a chicken-free or single-protein plan
No calcium figure on the puppy label, which makes it safer for smaller, slower-growing pups
Pea protein topping up the protein total from the plant side

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

How this scores

How we score

66/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Made for Cockapoos, adult and puppy. For a larger, faster-growing pup, ask your vet or the maker about calcium before relying on the puppy edition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Ava Breed Health Cockapoo Dry 66.0
Puppy 65.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The two sit side by side; the puppy edition matches the adult despite stricter growth standards, though its missing calcium figure is the gap a puppy buyer feels most.

What's in it

Chicken: chicken meal, chicken41.4%20.5% meal and 18.8% fresh. Meal goes in with its water already out, so it beats fresh on protein gram for gram.
Chicken gravy2.1%
Potato, sweet potato17.1% eachThe whole starch base. No grain on the label.
Beet pulp6.2%The fibre.
Chicken fat5.5%
Peas, pea proteinPea protein is the economical way to lift a protein figure from the plant side.
Salmon oil, brewers yeast, eggEgg and fish join the chicken here.
Chicory, yeasts0.2% FOS, 0.14% MOSPrebiotics for the gut.
Valerian root, skullcap, chamomile, dandelion root0.04% chamomileChosen for calm. A thoughtful gesture, with no promise of a quieter dog.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, carrots, broccoli, yucca, cranberry, pomegranate, green tea extracts0.05% down to 0.009%

Trace minerals as chelates with organic selenium, all dosed, plus taurine at 500mg and L-carnitine at 300mg a kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken 41.4% (Chicken Meal (20.5%), Chicken (18.8%)), Potato (17.1%), Sweet Potato (17.1%), Beet Pulp (6.2%), Chicken Fat (5.5%), Peas, Chicken Gravy (2.1%), Salmon Oil, Brewers Yeast, Minerals, Egg, Pea Protein, Chicory IRoot Extract (a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (0.2%)), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.14%), Glucosamine (0.05%), Valerian Root, Skullcap, Chamomile (0.04%), Dandelion Root, Carrots, Broccoli, Chondroitin Sulphate (0.04%), Yucca Extract (0.025%), Cranberry Extract (0.018%), Pomegranate Extract (0.009%), Green Tea Extract (0.009%)

Against the range

Taurine: 500 mg; 600 mg in the puppy edition.
L-carnitine: 300 mg; 700 mg in the puppy edition.
Feeding guide: 2kg to 17kg adults; The puppy chart starts at 3.5kg.

The original recipe, and the slightly stronger scorer of the pair.

Both editions share one construction: chicken at 41.4%, split between meal and fresh, on a potato and sweet potato base with no grain. Peas and pea protein add plant protein, and salmon oil and egg sit behind the chicken. Glucosamine, chondroitin and a calming herb set appear on both labels.

The trace minerals are chelated and dosed on both. What changes is taurine, L-carnitine and the feeding chart, and the puppy label gives no calcium or moisture figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

344.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

11%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

12.1%

Carbs

39.5%

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

45.8%

Veg

0.4%

Oils

7.1%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size