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Ava Breed Health Golden Retriever Dry review

Name: Ava Breed Health Golden Retriever Dry
Brand: Ava

68/100Good

DryAdult

A grain-free chicken kibble that actually thinks about the breed on the front. Chicken makes up 42% of the recipe, with the meal and fresh shares itemised, and the label doses the extras a retriever owner looks for, from taurine and L-carnitine to a joint pair. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Golden Retriever owners who want the breed-minded extras in print: taurine at 750mg, L-carnitine at 300mg
Dogs that do better without cereal. Potato and sweet potato at 21% apiece carry the starch
Hard-working joints, with glucosamine at 0.07% and chondroitin at 0.05%
Dull or itchy coats, as salmon oil brings marine omega 3 beside the chicken fat

Worth watching

Salmon oil, so the recipe is not fish free
Chicken does nearly all the animal work; a retriever with a poultry intolerance needs a different protein
Crude ash declared at a fairly high 12%

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

How this scores

How we score

68/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for adult Golden Retrievers. The label's table starts at bigger dogs, 225 to 305 grams between 20kg and 25kg, so let body condition be the referee.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Ava Breed Health Golden Retriever Dry 68.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It clears the middle mark by a good way, lifted by a meal-led chicken declaration and carbohydrate at 38.4% of dry matter against a typical 46.2%.

What's in it

Chicken meal22.5%Outweighs the fresh chicken. Meal arrives with its water removed, so it carries protein into the kibble far more efficiently.
Chicken17.3%
Sweet potato, potato21.0% eachThe starch, and no cereal anywhere, so the grain-free billing holds.
Chicken fat5.1%
Beet pulp3.5%Steady fibre.
Salmon oil, brewers yeast, chicken gravy2.2% for the gravyMarine omega 3 from the oil.
Minerals, egg, potassium chlorideEgg adds a small stream of complete protein.
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.2%, 0.14%Two prebiotics, FOS and MOS.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.07%, 0.05%The joint pair, dosed.
Yucca, cranberry, pomegranate and green tea extracts0.025% down to 0.009%Garnish.

Taurine at 750mg for the heart and L-carnitine at 300mg, with trace minerals mostly as chelates, zinc at 100mg and iron at 60mg among them.

Named ingredients

Chicken 42% (Chicken Meal (22.5%), Chicken (17.3%)), Sweet Potato (21.0%), Potato (21.0%), Chicken Fat (5.1%), Beet Pulp (3.5%), Salmon Oil, Brewers Yeast, Chicken Gravy (2.2%), Minerals, Egg, Potassium Chloride, Chicory Root Extract (a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (0.2%)), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.14%), Glucosamine (0.07%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.025%), Cranberry Extract (0.018%), Pomegranate Extract (0.009%), Green Tea Extract (0.009%)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

341 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

12%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

13.2%

Carbs

38.4%

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

45.1%

Carbs

45.5%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

6.8%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size