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Ava Breed Health French Bulldog Dry review

Name: Ava Breed Health French Bulldog Dry
Brand: Ava

50.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A Good fish-first dry food for French Bulldogs, sold in three editions that all land in the same band. Fish takes the place most breed foods give to chicken, and the digestive care is the most Frenchie-specific thinking on the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Frenchies whose stomachs object to chicken. Fish is the only meat on any of the three labels
Delicate digestion, with psyllium for soluble fibre and a prebiotic pairing behind it
Grain-free homes: sweet potato, potato and tapioca carry all the starch
Plenty of omega 3, from salmon oil at a full 6%

Worth watching

Unnamed fish meal and egg on all three labels, which rules them out of a strict elimination trial
No calcium figure on the Puppy edition
A fair share of carbohydrate across the range, if your dog does best on a meatier bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

50.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Made for French Bulldogs, with adult editions and a Puppy one. Check which of the three bags you are ordering, since they look alike at a glance.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Adult 57.5
Puppy 54.6
Ava Breed Health French Bulldog Dry 50.6

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

One verdict across three bags; what separates them is how much the label proves, with the Puppy leaving calcium undeclared.

What's in it

Fish: fish meal, white fish41.5%Fish meal at 19.9% leads and does most of the protein work. Its species goes unnamed.
Sweet potato19.0%
Potato17.0%With sweet potato, the structure of the kibble. No grain.
Salmon oil6.0%Omega 3, at a generous dose.
Beet pulp5.2%A gentle fermentable fibre.
Tapioca4.3%Plain starch binder.
Salmon stock2.6%
Psyllium powder, brewers yeast, sunflower oil, egg, mineralsPsyllium for soluble fibre. Egg is a second animal protein.
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.2%, 0.14%Prebiotics to finish the gut care.
Glucosamine, yucca, chondroitin, cranberry, pomegranate, green tea extracts0.03% down to 0.009%Small amounts, declared honestly. The fruit and tea extracts are decoration.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with chelated zinc, copper and manganese and a yeast-grown selenium, all dosed on the label.

Named ingredients

Fish 41.5% (Fish Meal (19.9%), White Fish (19.0%)), Sweet Potato (19.0%), Potato (17.0%), Salmon Oil (6.0%), Beet Pulp (5.2%), Tapioca (4.3%), Salmon Stock (2.6%), Psyllium Powder, Brewers Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Egg, Minerals, Chicory Root Extract (a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (0.2%)), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.14%), Glucosamine (0.03%), Yucca Extract (0.025%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.02%), Cranberry Extract (0.018%), Pomegranate Extract (0.009%), Green Tea Extract (0.009%)

Against the range

Moisture: Declared at 8.0%; Undeclared on the Adult and Puppy.
L-carnitine: None; Added to the Adult and Puppy.
Protein, dry matter: 26.1%; Same on the Adult; 25% on the Puppy.

The edition whose label proves the most, in the smaller bag.

All three editions are built on about 41% fish: a fish meal of unnamed species leads, white fish follows and salmon stock closes. Sweet potato and potato carry the starch with tapioca as a binder, and no grain appears on any label. Salmon oil sits at 6% on each.

Psyllium, beet pulp at 5.2% and two prebiotics give every recipe the same gut care. Egg is on all three labels. What varies is small: the Adult uses dried potato and dried whole egg, and the Adult and Puppy add L-carnitine.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

338.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

13%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

47.4%

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

44.9%

Carbs

45.5%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

6.6%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size