Ava

Ava Medium Breed Puppy review

Name: Ava Medium Breed Puppy
Brand: Ava

67/100Good

DryPuppy

A Good-band growth kibble for medium breeds that puts more chicken in than most of its kind: 54.5% of the recipe, set out piece by piece. Calcium is declared, converting to 1.63% of dry matter, comfortable ground for a medium frame.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium breed puppies, the size the recipe is written around
Owners who want the meat share stated plainly, chicken at 54.5% and protein at 30.0%
Lively pups. Fat at 18.0% puts our energy estimate at 380 kcal per 100g, against 376 typical for a puppy dry food
Anyone who checks calcium first: it is printed, so you can feed to the chart
Young digestions that do well on prebiotics from chicory root and yeasts

Worth watching

Brown rice at 22.5% and maize at 12.5%, so cereal is in the bowl
Salmon oil puts fish on an otherwise chicken label
A pup set to finish much larger than medium needs its calcium and energy matched to that growth

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

How this scores

How we score

67/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium breed puppies. Start from the guide on the pack and let the way your puppy fills out decide whether to nudge it up or down.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Ava Medium Breed Puppy 67.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It earns its place on meat, and the cereal base plus an energy figure we have to estimate are what hold it there.

What's in it

Chicken meal27.5%The workhorse, dried before it goes in so its share survives into the kibble.
Fresh chicken17.5%Flavour and quality protein, though it gives up much of its weight in the oven.
Chicken fat, chicken gravy7%, 2.5%
Brown rice, maize22.5%, 12.5%The starch, lighter here than in most growth kibbles.
Beet pulp3.5%Gentle fibre.
Whole dried egg, brewers yeastRound out the protein side.
Salmon oilMarine omega 3 for skin, coat and brain through the growing months. It puts fish on the allergen list.
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.16%, 0.11%Prebiotic FOS, beta-glucans and MOS, named to the decimal point.
Yucca, glucosamine, chondroitin0.02% down to 0.015%A modest joint pair: quiet support.
Cranberry, green tea, pomegranate extracts0.01% down to 0.005%

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, manganese and copper as chelates, iodine, and selenium from a selenised yeast.

Named ingredients

Chicken (54.5%) (Chicken Meal 27.5%, Fresh Chicken 17.5%, Chicken Fat 7%, Chicken Gravy (2.5%), Brown Rice (22.5%), Maize (12.5%), Beet Pulp (3.5%), Whole Dried Egg, Salmon Oil, Brewers Yeast, Minerals, Chicory Root Extrat (as a source of Pre-biotic Fructooligosaccharide) (0.16%), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans, Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharides (0.11%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Glucosamine (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.015%), Cranberry Extract (0.01%), Green Tea Extract (0.005%), Pomegranate Extract (0.005%)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

379.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

37.8%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size