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Ava Wet Food Adult Sensitive: Fish Pâté review

Name: Ava Wet Food Adult Sensitive: Fish Pâté
Brand: Ava

62.5/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Fish and nothing else that walks or clucks, in a pâté that lands in our Good band on both listings. Chicken, beef and cereal grains are all off the list, and the fish share is printed on the tin. Potato is the trade, lifting the carbohydrate above the typical wet food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose digestion flares on the everyday meats: no chicken, beef or lamb in either tin
Owners who like a printed percentage beside the animal content
Homes keeping cereal grains out of the bowl
Adult dogs of every size from toy to giant
Dogs that are shy of the water bowl. Roughly four fifths of each tin is moisture

Worth watching

White fish is not a named species and whole dried egg sits in both, so neither tin can anchor an elimination trial
Carbohydrate at an estimated 28.2% of dry matter, where the typical adult wet food runs at 15.8%
Carrageenan and guar gum as gelling agents

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

How this scores

How we score

62.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. If your dog is already on a joint supplement from the vet, keep it going: the glucosamine here is a garnish.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Ava Wet Food Adult Sensitive 67.1
Fish Pâté 62.5

All two Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Printed fish percentages and no cereal keep both tins in a strong place, with the multipack edging ahead only on protein and processing.

What's in it

White fish64%Leads from the front, though the species is not named.
Potato14.5%Does all the binding a pâté needs.
Sunflower oil
Minerals, beet pulp
Whole dried eggA little more protein, and a second animal source.
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.040%, 0.028%Food for the bacteria in the large gut.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.013%, 0.005%
Yucca, cranberry, green tea, pomegranate extracts0.005% down to 0.001%

Zinc, copper and manganese in chelated forms, generally the better absorbed versions, with selenium from yeast and vitamin D3 at 300IU.

Named ingredients

White Fish (64%), Potato (14.5%), Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Beet Pulp, 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 (0.013%), Chondroitin (0.005%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Green Tea Extract (0.001%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%)

Against the range

Recipe: White fish at 64% with sunflower oil; The multipack adds a salmon tin.
Protein and processing: Good; Excellent on the multipack.

The same white fish recipe bought one tin at a time.

Fish is the only animal on either label: white fish at 64% in one tin, salmon at 35% with white fish at 29% in the other. Potato at 14.5% or 15% does all the starch work, with beet pulp for fibre and whole dried egg adding a little protein. No wheat, rice or maize appears anywhere.

Both tins carry the same gut extras with printed percentages, chicory root extract at 0.040% and yeasts at 0.028%, then glucosamine, chondroitin and four plant extracts at trace levels. Carrageenan and guar gum set the pâté.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

92.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

36.4%

Fat

22.7%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

28.2%

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

65.3%

Added water

12.8%

Carbs

16.7%

Oils

3.1%

Other

1.9%

Pricing & size