Ava

Ava Large Breed Adult review

Name: Ava Ava Large Breed Adult
Brand: Ava

57.8/100Good

DryAdult

Ava Large Breed Adult scales a straightforward chicken and rice recipe up to dogs that weigh as much as their owners. The 45% chicken declaration is itemised all the way down to its gravy. Brown rice and maize do the binding, taurine arrives dosed at 500mg, and the joint pair a big-dog owner looks for first is printed in percentages. Our scoring puts it in the Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Feeding a properly big dog means every choice you make gets multiplied by the size of the scoop.

Owners of large breeds who want joint support visible on the label, with glucosamine at 0.06% and chondroitin at 0.045%
Big dogs doing ordinary family mileage, since protein at 25% and fat at 15% are pitched at maintenance rather than hard graft
Large dogs that get on well with rice, as brown rice makes up 23.5% of the recipe
Households that like a heart-minded touch, because taurine is dosed at 500mg

Worth watching

A minute with the label now will save you any surprises later.

The 45% chicken headline includes chicken fat and gravy, so the meat itself is a smaller share than the figure first suggests
Maize at 17.5% has a structural role, worth knowing for a grain-sensitive dog
Salmon oil adds a trace of fish, relevant only where fish is being excluded outright

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

How this scores

How we score

57.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The Details

Dog fit

Feeding a properly big dog means every choice you make gets multiplied by the size of the scoop. A minute with the label now will save you any surprises later.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

This recipe finishes in our Good band, level with the typical adult dry food. Transparency is the strength here: the pillar rates Outstanding, the chicken bracket is itemised to the last entry and the additives all carry doses. Carbohydrate converts to 45.0% of dry matter, just under the 46.2% typical of the type.

What's in it

Ingredients, as declared: Chicken (45%) (Chicken Meal 24.5%, Fresh Chicken 12.5%, Chicken Fat 5.5%, Chicken Gravy 2.5%), Brown Rice (23.5%), Maize (17.5%), Beet Pulp (5.5%), Brewers Yeast, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Whole Dried Egg, Chicory Root Extract (as a source Pre-biotic Fructooligosaccharide) 0.16%, Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) 0.11%, Glucosamine (0.06%), Chondroitin (0.045%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Cranberry Extract (0.01%), Green Tea Extract (0.005%), Pomegranate Extract (0.005%).

Named ingredients

Chicken (45%) (Chicken Meal 24.5%, Fresh Chicken 12.5%, Chicken Fat 5.5%, Chicken Gravy 2.5%), Brown Rice (23.5%), Maize (17.5%), Beet Pulp (5.5%), Brewers Yeast, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Whole Dried Egg, Chicory Root Extract (as a source Pre-biotic Fructooligosaccharide) 0.16%, Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) 0.11%, Glucosamine (0.06%), Chondroitin (0.045%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Cranberry Extract (0.01%), Green Tea Extract (0.005%), Pomegranate Extract (0.005%).

Nutritional additives

Vitamins: Vitamin A 24,000 IU, Vitamin D3 1,200 IU, Vitamin E 400 IU, Taurine 500 mg; Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate Of Amino Acid Hydrate) 64.2mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate Of Amino Acid Hydrate) 7.8mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 8mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1.27mg, Selenium (as Organic form of Selenium produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060 (Selenised Yeast Inactivated)) 0.16mg. Technological additives: Antioxidants Sensory additives: Rosemary Extract

Ingredient notes

Unpack the 45% chicken bracket and you find chicken meal at 24.5%, fresh chicken at 12.5%, chicken fat at 5.5% and chicken gravy at 2.5%. Bundling fat and gravy into the headline is common practice, and this label at least shows its working, but the true meat core is the meal and fresh shares together.

Brown rice at 23.5% and maize at 17.5% are the workhorses of the plant side, familiar large-breed engineering rather than anything fashionable. Beet pulp at 5.5% supplies fibre, and whole dried egg adds a modest line of complete protein.

The large-breed extras are the point of the exercise. Taurine is dosed at 500mg for the heart, glucosamine at 0.06% with chondroitin at 0.045% for the joints, and a chicory plus yeast prebiotic pairing for the gut.

Trace minerals are mostly chelated with printed doses, zinc at 64.2mg leading the panel, and salmon oil quietly covers marine omega 3. The fruit and tea extracts that close the list are trace-level seasoning.

Price and value

£5.45 a kilo, listed in a 2kg bag.

By the standard maintenance estimate of about 840 kcal a day for a 15kg adult in moderate condition (110 × bodyweight^0.75), that is roughly 233 grams and £1.27 daily. The dogs this food is actually sized for eat to the label's bigger table, from 390 grams at 30kg up to a flat 660 grams at 60kg and beyond.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

45%

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

44.2%

Added water

2.5%

Carbs

46.5%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size