Ava

Ava Wet Food Adult review

Name: Ava Wet Food Adult
Brand: Ava

42.3/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

The everyday Ava tin, sold as three listings that are not quite the same dinner. The Chicken & Lamb tins and the chicken pâté name their animal at 46%, while the twelve-tin listing is chicken at 26% or white fish at 41%. Our scoring spreads them from Excellent to Average, so check which tin goes in the trolley.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that like a change of animal: chicken, white fish and lamb under one name
Owners who like the animal counted on the tin
Adult dogs from the smallest breeds to the giants
More water in the day, at 78% and 80% moisture
Joint extras in the everyday bowl. Glucosamine and chondroitin are on every recipe

Worth watching

A meat share that runs from 26% chicken to 46% depending on the tin
Brown rice, egg, chicken and fish oil across the range, so no tin can carry an elimination diet
Calcium between 3.1% and 4.36% of dry matter, heavy for adult maintenance

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

How this scores

How we score

42.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Pick the Chicken & Lamb multipack for the meatiest analysis; the twelve-tin listing needs the larger daily portion.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 71.6
Chicken Pâté 58.2
Ava Wet Food Adult 42.3

Three recipes across Excellent and Good and Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Only the Chicken & Lamb multipack reaches the band adult wet food usually sits in, and the pâté scores lower on the same recipe.

What's in it

Chicken, or white fish26% or 41%Two recipes under one listing; the white fish tin carries the larger animal share.
Brown rice10%More starch than the richer recipes.
Minerals, beet pulp, brewers yeastBeet pulp brings fibre.
Sunflower oilIn place of fish oil. A natural source of vitamin E.
Whole dried eggA little extra protein.
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.040% and 0.028%The two prebiotics.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.025% and 0.010%Printed with levels, for the joints.
Yucca, cranberry, green tea, pomegranate extracts0.005% down to 0.001%

L-carnitine at 25mg, found only on this listing, with zinc and copper as chelates and vitamins A, D3 and E.

Calcium converts to 3.1% of dry matter, a generous load for an adult dog.

Named ingredients

Chicken: Chicken (26%), Brown Rice (10%), Minerals, Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Whole Dried Egg, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide) (0.040%), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.028%), Glucosamine (0.025%), Chondroitin (0.010%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Green Tea Extract (0.001%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%)White Fish: White Fish (41%), Brown Rice (10%), Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Beet Pulp, Brewers' Yeast, Whole Dried Egg, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide) (0.040%), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide (0.028%)), Glucosamine (0.025%), Chondroitin (0.010%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Green Tea Extract (0.001%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%)

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 26% or white fish 41%; 46% chicken or lamb on the others
Oil: Sunflower oil; Fish oil on the others
Protein, dry matter: 30.0%; 36.4% on the others
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 44.0%; 30.9% on the others

The lightest of the three, and the only place to find the white fish recipe.

Three listings with two kinds of dinner. The Chicken & Lamb tins and the pâté name their animal at 46% over brown rice at 7%, with fish oil. The twelve-tin listing is chicken at 26% or white fish at 41% over brown rice at 10%, with sunflower oil.

Every recipe finishes the same way: beet pulp, brewers yeast, whole dried egg, two prebiotics, glucosamine and chondroitin at printed levels, and a few plant extracts. Calcium runs high across the range, from 3.1% to 4.36% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

77.3 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

30%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

44%

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

27.8%

Added water

32.3%

Carbs

28.3%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

1.9%

Other

9.6%