AVA Sensitive Skin & Stomach Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken

1 price from Pets at Home

AVA Sensitive Skin & Stomach Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken

DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil
34/ 100
WeakTop 39% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • One main animal protein: chicken
  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 45% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Chicken (48%) (Chicken Meal 20.5%, Chicken 19%, Chicken Fat 6%, Chicken Gravy 2.5%), Tapioca (20%), Sweet Potato (18.5%)… All ingredients

Retailer’s own label, fully checked
Meat
39.5%
Protein, dry weight
26%
Carbs, dry weight
~45%
kcal/100 g
379

Ingredients

Listed first: Chicken. 39.5% of the recipe is declared meat.

Chicken (48%) (Chicken Meal 20.5%, Chicken 19%, Chicken Fat 6%, Chicken Gravy 2.5%), Tapioca (20%), Sweet Potato (18.5%), Beet Pulp (6%), 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%)

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Vitamin A 27,000IU, Vitamin D3 1,350IU, Vitamin E 450mg; Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 64.2mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 7.8mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 8mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1.27mg, Selenium (as Organic form of Selenium produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060 (Selenised Yeast Inactivated)) 0.16mg. Rosemary Extract Antioxidants

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Chicken”. 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 (48%) (Chicken Meal 20.5%, Chicken 19%, Chicken Fat…Named meat48%
Tapioca (20%)Vegetable, fruit or plant20%
Sweet Potato (18.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant18.5%
Beet Pulp (6%)Vegetable, fruit or plant6%
Brewers' YeastOtherNot given
Salmon OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructooligos…Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.2%
Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoli…Other0.1%
Yucca Extract (0.02%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.02%
Glucosamine (0.02%)Other0.02%
Chondroitin (0.015%)Other0.015%
Cranberry Extract (0.01%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.01%
Green Tea Extract (0.005%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.005%
Pomegranate Extract (0.005%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.005%

8.5% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 26% and carbs about 45%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein23.5%26%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat15.5%17%
Carbohydrate~41%~45%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
Ash7%7.8%
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.

Energy379 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 34

The kind of meat scored best (8.9 of 15). Starch scored lowest (5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    14.8 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label13.8 / 35 points

      39.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1 / 10 points

      Protein is 26.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    5 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 45% 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?

    8.9 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed8.9 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal and fresh, which earns 74% 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 39% of dry foods. 36 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 45% to 28% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.

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. 22 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 22 nothing flagged
  • 1 not in our ingredient database yet
22 ingredients with nothing flagged

Beet pulp, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, glucosamine, green tea extract, minerals, pomegranate extract, rosemary, salmon oil, sweet potato, tapioca, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, 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
1 not in our ingredient database yet

Brewers' yeast

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

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 Home15kg · £55.99 up 11% since 10 Aug15kg£55.99£3.73/kgVisit

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

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home15kg£55.99£3.73/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home15kg£50.39£3.36/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home15kg£50.39£3.36/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 15 to 24 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

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Carbs
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 45%
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Carbs
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Carbs
about 43% this food about 45%
To feed
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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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