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Ava Breed Health Dachshund Wet: Adult Pâté Pouches review

Name: Ava Breed Health Dachshund Wet: Adult Pâté Pouches
Brand: Ava

63.2/100Good

WetAdult

A simple chicken pâté with L-carnitine at 320 mg, the supplement makers reach for when the waistline is the target. It settles in our Good band. Protein converts well, at 44.3% of dry matter, and the label prints inclusions down to 0.001%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adult dogs, the build this is dosed and portioned for
Owners watching their dog's shape, with fat a moderate 25.6% of dry matter
Dogs that do best on one named meat
Homes steering clear of cereal
A fresh 85 g pouch at each meal, with no part-used pack in the fridge
Dogs with ordinary appetites. At 91 kcal per 100g the portion looks generous

Worth watching

Chicken at 35% is middling for a wet food, so starch carries more of the pouch than on a meat-first label
Cellulose fibre at 1.5%, a purified bulking fibre
Fish oil at 0.5%, so not fish free
Mineral chelates built on protein hydrolysates of unnamed source

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

How this scores

How we score

63.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. Work from the label's own table for your dog's weight; a dachshund of 5 to 8 kg needs several pouches a day.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Adult Pâté Pouches 63.2

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

How much of the pouch is starch, water and bulking fibre keeps it a band under the middle of the wet shelf, and none of it is hidden.

What's in it

Chicken35%The sole meat. A dog that has reacted to chicken elsewhere will react here.
Sweet potato8%Fibre and vitamins with its starch.
Cellulose fibre1.5%Bulk without energy, so a smaller portion still feels like a meal.
Sunflower oil0.8%
Minerals
Tapioca starch, yeast extractTapioca holds the pâté together and brings little else.
Fish oil0.5%
Yeast, chicory root extract0.055%, 0.02%MOS and FOS, prebiotics for the useful gut bacteria.
Yucca, cranberry, pomegranate, green tea extracts0.005% down to 0.001%

L-carnitine at 320 mg, a working dose for moving fat to where it is burned, with trace elements as chelates the gut takes up more readily.

Named ingredients

Chicken (35%), Sweet Potato (8%), Cellulose Fibre (1.5%), Sunflower Oil (0.8%), Minerals, Tapioca Starch, Yeast Extract, Fish Oil (0.5%), Yeast (as a source of Prebiotic Mannan-oligosaccharides and Beta-glucans)(0.055%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharides)(0.02%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%), (Green Tea Extract (0.001%)

Against the range

One chicken pâté for small adults, with L-carnitine dosed for weight. Chicken is the sole meat, sweet potato and tapioca starch carry the starch, and cellulose fibre adds bulk without energy.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

91 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.2%

Fibre

Ash

1.4%

Moisture

79.7%

Dry weight

Protein

44.3%

Fat

25.6%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

6.9%

Carbs

18.3%

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

35%

Added water

32.5%

Carbs

18.1%

Oils

1.3%

Other

13.1%

Pricing & size