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Ava Sensitive Skin and Stomach Puppy: White Fish review

Name: Ava Sensitive Skin and Stomach Puppy: White Fish
Brand: Ava

64.3/100Good

DryPuppy

A growth kibble for pups whose coat or digestion needs an easier ride, with fish at the front and sweet potato as the only starch. Meal, fresh fish and stock bring white fish to 38.5%, and salmon oil sits behind for skin and coat. Transparency reads Outstanding, and the food sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies with skin and coat to support, from white fish and salmon oil
Cereal-free homes. Sweet potato at 32% carries the starch on its own
Owners who like fish itemised by form: meal, fresh fish and stock, each with a share
Energy without a huge bowl, at 386 kcal per 100g
Young guts that take to prebiotics, from chicory root and yeasts

Worth watching

Chicken fat in the recipe, so it will not carry a strict chicken-free trial
No calcium declared. For a pup heading large, ask the maker
Potato protein does some of the protein work behind the fish

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

How this scores

How we score

64.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Follow the chart on the pack month by month, and for a large-breed pup get the calcium figure from Ava first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

White Fish 64.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The fish and sweet potato build does most of the work; the missing calcium and moisture figures are what keep it from making more of the recipe.

What's in it

White fish meal19%The part that carries, with its water already gone.
White fish, fish stock17%, 2.5%Fresh fish loses weight in cooking; the stock is for appeal.
Sweet potato32%The whole starch story. One carbohydrate, one thing to point at if a pup does not get on with it.
Beet pulp4%Lifts fibre to 3.5%, generous for a young gut.
Chicken fatMost of the energy. Refined and low in protein, but it still names chicken.
Potato proteinDigestible, but not every point of the protein figure came from the sea.
Brewers' yeast, salmon oil, mineralsSalmon oil brings the marine omega 3 a coat and a growing brain draw on.
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.16%, 0.11%Prebiotic FOS, beta-glucans and MOS.
Yucca, glucosamine, chondroitin0.02% down to 0.015%
Cranberry, green tea, pomegranate extracts0.01% down to 0.005%

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc and manganese as chelates of protein hydrolysates, copper as an amino acid chelate and iodine, each dosed.

No calcium on the label. For a pup expected to finish large, ask Ava for the figure.

Named ingredients

Fish (38.5%) (White Fish Meal 19%, White Fish 17%, Fish Stock 2.5%), Sweet Potato (32%), Beet Pulp (4%), Chicken Fat, Potato Protein, Brewers' Yeast, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide) (0.16%), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (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

386.5 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

17%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

36.9%

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

2.5%

Carbs

46.3%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

10.1%

Other

4.9%