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Ava Breed Health Shih Tzu Wet: Hypoallergenic Adult Pâté Pouches review

Name: Ava Breed Health Shih Tzu Wet: Hypoallergenic Adult Pâté Pouches
Brand: Ava

64/100Good

WetAdult

A chicken pâté wearing a hypoallergenic badge, with no other meat on the list. That makes it a simple recipe, though chicken is the protein dogs most often react to, so it is no novel-protein food. It sits in our Good band, and the label is unusually forthcoming about what is in the pouch.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adult dogs, the size the pouch and table are written for
Dogs that have always settled well on chicken, the only meat here
No grain in the bowl; sweet potato and tapioca carry the starch
Taurine and L-carnitine dosed on the panel
Dogs on the lean side, with fat at 25.1% of dry matter

Worth watching

Hypoallergenic has no legal meaning, and chicken is the commonest culprit
Fish oil at 0.3% is a second animal source
The mineral chelates do not say what they are hydrolysed from
A moderate 36% meat share, with starch making up much of the rest

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

How this scores

How we score

64/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. The label's guide puts a dog of 6 to 8 kg at 425 to 552.5 grams a day, so count the pouches before you order.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Hypoallergenic Adult Pâté Pouches 64.0

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A moderate meat share keeps it below the usual wet-food mark; the transparency is genuinely strong.

What's in it

Chicken36%The only animal in the list, a firm inclusion for a pâté.
Sweet potato8%
Cellulose fibre0.9%Refined fibre for bulk and stool structure.
Minerals
Tapioca starchCassava starch, and little beyond that.
Yeast extract
Fish oil0.3%Some omega 3, and a second animal source.
Yeast, sunflower oil, chicory root extract0.055%, 0.03%, 0.02%Two prebiotics; the oil is a trace.
Yucca, cranberry, pomegranate, green tea extracts0.005% down to 0.001%

Vitamins A and E, taurine and L-carnitine, with zinc, manganese, copper and iron as chelates, absorbed more easily than plain salts.

Hypoallergenic here means a simple recipe. Chicken is the protein dogs most commonly become intolerant of.

Named ingredients

Chicken (36%), Sweet Potato (8%), Cellulose Fibre (0.9%), Minerals, Tapioca Starch, Yeast Extract, Fish Oil (0.3%), Yeast (as a source of Prebiotic Mannan-oligosaccharides and Beta-glucans)(0.055%), Sunflower Oil (0.03%), 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

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

91 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.1%

Fibre

Ash

1.4%

Moisture

79.7%

Dry weight

Protein

44.3%

Fat

25.1%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

6.9%

Carbs

18.8%

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

36%

Added water

32.8%

Carbs

18.3%

Oils

0.3%

Other

12.6%

Pricing & size