Ava

Ava Wet Food Puppy review

Name: Ava Wet Food Puppy
Brand: Ava

74.9/100Excellent

WetPuppy

Flavour

A soft puppy food in two packs, with the box in our Excellent band and the single pâté a step below in Good. The named meat leads at 49% and protein converts to 40.9% of dry matter, strong for a food that is mostly water. The prebiotics are doing real work; the joint pair is a light touch.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups who take soft, strongly scented food better than kibble
Owners who want the meat share printed, at 49%
Pups who do not drink much, with moisture at 78.0%
A pup better on lamb than poultry: the box carries a lamb recipe
Itemised gut support, chicory root extract at 0.04% among it

Worth watching

Brown rice at 7%, so neither recipe is grain free
Fish oil and whole dried egg, which put other animal proteins in a one-meat bowl
Carbohydrate at 21.8% of dry matter against 13.6% typical for wet puppy food
Calcium printed on one pack only, and reading high for big-breed rearing where it appears

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

How this scores

How we score

74.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, from around 296g a day for a pup of 2kg to 10kg. For a large or giant pup, check the calcium question before filling the cupboard.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Ava Wet Food Puppy 74.9
Chicken Pâté 61.9

Two recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Nothing in the recipe explains the gap between the two packs, since ingredients and analysis match; it comes down to how each is sold.

What's in it

Lamb or chicken49%One named meat per recipe; the box carries both.
Brown rice7%The only grain, and the reason the starch is heavier than the meat headline suggests.
Minerals, beet pulpBeet pulp adds modest fibre.
Brewers yeast
Fish oilOmega 3 for brain and coat as a pup grows.
Whole dried eggHighly usable protein.
Chicory root extract, yeasts0.040%, 0.028%Prebiotics, and the part of the tail doing real work.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.013%, 0.005%A nod at joint support at these levels.
Yucca, cranberry, green tea, pomegranate extracts0.005% down to 0.001%

A dosed vitamin and trace element panel with chelated zinc, copper and manganese, and selenium as selenised yeast; carrageenan and guar gum hold the texture.

No calcium figure is printed for this pack, so a large breed growth plan cannot be checked against it.

Named ingredients

Lamb: Lamb (49%), Brown Rice (7%), Minerals, Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast, Fish 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 (0.013%), Chondroitin (0.005%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Green Tea Extract (0.001%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%). Chicken: Chicken (49%), Brown Rice (7%), Minerals, Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast, Fish 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 (0.013%), Chondroitin (0.005%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Green Tea Extract (0.001%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%)

Against the range

Meat: Lamb 49% and chicken 49%, in separate recipes; The pâté is chicken only
Calcium, dry matter: Not printed; 2.73% on the pâté
Analysis: Protein 40.9%, fat 27.3% of dry matter; Identical on the pâté

The useful pack for a pup that has not got on with poultry, with lamb on hand in the same format.

Two packs on one short recipe: a mixed box of lamb and chicken, and a single chicken pâté. Each opens on one named meat at 49%, brown rice at 7% is the only grain, and fish oil and whole dried egg follow.

The functional tail is printed with doses, from chicory root and yeast prebiotics to glucosamine and chondroitin at nod-level amounts. The analysis is identical across both packs; only the box adds a lamb recipe, and only the pâté prints a calcium figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

99.3 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

40.9%

Fat

27.3%

Fibre

0.9%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

21.8%

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.

Meat

50.3%

Added water

22.1%

Carbs

19.8%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

Other

6.7%

Pricing & size