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Ava Health & Vitality French Bulldog Wet: Adult Fish Pâté review

Name: Ava Health & Vitality French Bulldog Wet: Adult Fish Pâté
Brand: Ava

62.1/100Good

WetAdult

A fish pâté for French bulldogs that troubles itself to name its fish, tuna and salmon, each with a percentage. It sits in our Good band, and the estimated carbohydrate lands under the typical adult wet food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have to avoid poultry and red meat: tuna and salmon are the only animals listed
Owners who want the fish named by species
Small adult dogs, the build the feeding table is written for
Joints that could use a hand, with glucosamine at 0.022% and chondroitin at 0.02% declared
Keeping starch down. Carbohydrate is an estimated 14.6% of dry matter against 15.8% typical
Dogs that eat better when dinner smells of fish, which is most of them

Worth watching

Fish oil at 0.3% with no species named, so a dog avoiding one particular fish is not fully covered
Chondroitin from an unnamed animal source
Ash at 11.8% of dry matter, on the higher side for a wet food

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

How this scores

How we score

62.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. The label puts a dog of 10 to 12 kg at 595 to 722.5 grams a day, so count the pouches before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Adult Fish Pâté 62.1

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Strong on declaration and balance, held back by a moderate meat share against the starch and water in the pouch.

What's in it

Fish: tuna, salmon36% (tuna 29%, salmon 7%)Both species named, which matters on an exclusion.
Sweet potato8%
Sunflower oil3.7%The largest added fat, low in saturated fat.
Cellulose fibre0.9%Refined plant fibre for bulk and stool structure.
Minerals, tapioca starch, yeast extractTapioca mainly holds the pâté together.
Fish oil0.3%Omega 3 top-up; the label does not say which fish.
Yeast, chicory root extract0.055% and 0.02%Prebiotics for the gut bacteria.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.022% and 0.02%Modest amounts, a supportive extra for an ageing dog.
Yucca, cranberry, green tea, pomegranate extracts0.005% down to 0.001%

Taurine and L-carnitine are dosed, with vitamin E, and the trace elements are chelated to protein hydrolysates, a form the body tends to absorb better.

Chondroitin comes from an animal the label does not name, one to keep in mind on a strict single-protein plan.

Named ingredients

Fish (36%)(Tuna 29%, Salmon 7%), Sweet Potato (8%), Sunflower Oil (3.7%), 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%), Glucosamine (0.022%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharides)(0.02%), Chondroitin (0.02%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Green Tea Extract (0.001%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%)

Against the range

One fish pâté with a 36% animal share, split on the label into tuna at 29% and salmon at 7%. Sweet potato and tapioca starch carry the carbohydrate, and glucosamine and chondroitin are both printed with a percentage.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

93 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.6%

Fibre

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

78.8%

Dry weight

Protein

42.5%

Fat

26.4%

Fibre

4.7%

Ash

11.8%

Carbs

14.6%

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

30.6%

Carbs

17.6%

Oils

Other

11.8%

Pricing & size