AVA Breed Health Golden Retriever Dry Dog Food Chicken

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AVA Breed Health Golden Retriever Dry Dog Food Chicken

DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil
38/ 100
WeakTop 25% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

First ingredients: Chicken 42% (Chicken Meal (22.5%), Chicken (17.3%)), Sweet Potato (21.0%), Potato (21.0%), Chicken Fat (5.1%), Beet Pulp (3.5%)… All ingredients

Retailer’s own label, fully checked
Meat
42%
Protein, dry weight
29%
Carbs, dry weight
~38%
kcal/100 g
338

Ingredients

Listed first: Chicken. 42% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 42%
  • Plants 45.5%
  • Other 7.8%
  • No amount given 4.7%

Chicken 42% (Chicken Meal (22.5%), Chicken (17.3%)), Sweet Potato (21.0%), Potato (21.0%), Chicken Fat (5.1%), Beet Pulp (3.5%), Salmon Oil, Brewers Yeast, Chicken Gravy (2.2%), Minerals, Egg, Potassium Chloride, Chicory Root Extract (a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (0.2%)), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.14%), Glucosamine (0.07%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.025%), Cranberry Extract (0.018%), Pomegranate Extract (0.009%), Green Tea Extract (0.009%)

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Vitamin A 56,000IU, Vitamin D3 1,000IU, Vitamin E 750mg, Taurine 750mg, L-Carnitine 300mg; Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 100mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 10mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 25mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1.59mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 60mg, Selenium (as Organic form of Selenium produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060 (Selenised yeast inactivated)) 0.2mg. Rosemary Extract Antioxidants

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Chicken 42%”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Chicken 42% (Chicken Meal (22.5%), Chicken (17.3%))Named meat42%
Sweet Potato (21.0%)Vegetable, fruit or plant21%
Potato (21.0%)Vegetable, fruit or plant21%
Chicken Fat (5.1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient5.1%
Beet Pulp (3.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3.5%
Salmon OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Brewers YeastOtherNot given
Chicken Gravy (2.2%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient2.2%
MineralsOtherNot given
EggOtherNot given
Potassium ChlorideOtherNot given
Chicory Root Extract (a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosacc…Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.2%
Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoli…Other0.1%
Glucosamine (0.07%)Other0.07%
Chondroitin Sulphate (0.05%)Other0.05%
Yucca Extract (0.025%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.025%
Cranberry Extract (0.018%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.018%
Pomegranate Extract (0.009%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.009%
Green Tea Extract (0.009%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.009%

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Nutrition

Protein 29% and carbs about 38%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein26%29%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat15%17%
Carbohydrate~34%~38%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3%3.3%
Ash12%13%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy338 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 38

The kind of meat scored best (8.6 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    16.2 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label14.7 / 35 points

      42% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.5 / 10 points

      Protein is 28.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    7.4 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 37.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    8.6 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed8.6 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal and fresh, which earns 72% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 25% of dry foods. 29 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 38% to 24% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 29 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 29 nothing flagged
29 ingredients with nothing flagged

Beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, egg, glucosamine, green tea extract, l-carnitine, minerals, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, potato, poultry fat, rosemary, salmon oil, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: selenium

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Pets at Home12kg · £49.99 up 11% since 10 Aug12kg£49.99£4.17/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home12kg£49.99£4.17/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£44.99£3.75/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£44.99£3.75/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 11 to 22 points higher and cost up to 3% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 42%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 38%
To feed
about the same per 1,000 kcal

+22 pointsCompare

Meat
73% this food 42%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 38%
To feed
17% less per 1,000 kcal

+19 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 42%
Carbs
about 27% this food about 38%
To feed
3% more per 1,000 kcal

+19 pointsCompare

Meat
59% this food 42%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 38%
To feed
65% less per 1,000 kcal

+11 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.

Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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