Ava

Ava Breed Health Cocker Spaniel Dry review

Name: Ava Breed Health Cocker Spaniel Dry
Brand: Ava

60.2/100Good

DryAdult

A chicken and rice kibble built for a spaniel whose appetite outruns its exercise, sitting in our Good band. Fibre is raised to 7.0% and L-carnitine is added at 300 mg. Chicken leads the list at 41.7%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Cocker Spaniels and similar dogs, with a feeding guide drawn for 10kg to 16kg
Good doers that gain weight easily
Owners who want taurine on the label, here at 1000 mg
Dogs that do well on chicken and rice, the two biggest entries

Worth watching

Cellulose at 3.8%, a bulking fibre that fills the bowl without calories. Deliberate here, though it divides opinion
Chicken, egg, fish and three grains on one list, so a dog sensitive to any of them needs a different base

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

How this scores

How we score

60.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults. The bag suggests 205 to 230 grams a day for a 14kg to 16kg dog: on a recipe built for the waistline, start at the lower figure.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Ava Breed Health Cocker Spaniel Dry 60.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A solid chicken share and a full panel on one side, a grain and cellulose base on the other: sensible trades for a dog that finds weight too easily.

What's in it

Chicken: chicken meal, chicken41.7% (20.8% meal, 18.8% fresh)Protein still reaches 27.2% of dry matter on a lean recipe.
Brown rice18.8%
Maize, flaked oats11.0%, 8.5%
Beet pulp6.8%Gentle fermentable fibre.
Cellulose3.8%Purified plant fibre, essentially indigestible, there to satisfy a hungry spaniel on fewer calories.
Brewers yeast, chicken gravy, egg2.1% gravy
Chicken fat1.7%Held low, which keeps total fat at 12.0%.
Salmon oil, minerals
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.2% FOS, 0.14% MOSPrebiotics for the gut.
Mint, yucca, cranberry, glucosamine, chondroitin, pomegranate, green tea0.044% down to 0.009%Mint is a small nod to fresher breath.

Taurine at 1000 mg and L-carnitine at 300 mg per kilo, with chelated zinc at 100 mg heading a mineral panel dosed line by line.

Named ingredients

Chicken 41.7% (Chicken Meal (20.8%), Chicken (18.8%)), Brown Rice (18.8%), Maize (11.0%), Flaked Oats (8.5%), Beet Pulp (6.8%), Cellulose (3.8%), Brewers Yeast, Chicken Gravy (2.1%), Egg, Chicken Fat (1.7%), Salmon Oil, Minerals, Chicory Root Extract (a source of prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (0.2%)), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.14%), Mint (0.044%), Yucca Extract (0.025%), Cranberry Extract (0.018%), Glucosamine (0.017%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.013%), Pomegranate Extract (0.009%), Green Tea Extract (0.009%)

Against the range

One chicken and rice recipe, with chicken at 41.7% and three grains plus beet pulp behind it. Fibre is raised on purpose, partly with cellulose, and the additive panel is dosed line by line in chelated form.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

327.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

7.6%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

43%

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

46%

Carbs

45.1%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

2.4%

Other

6.3%

Pricing & size