AVA Weight Management Adult Dry Dog Food

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AVA Weight Management Adult Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
28/ 100
WeakTied 640th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 48% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Chicken (35%) (Chicken Meal 26.5%, Fresh Chicken 5%, Chicken Gravy 3.5%), Rice (25%), Whole Oats (17%), Beet Pulp (7%)… All ingredients

Retailer’s own label, fully checked
Meat
31.5%
Protein, dry weight
29%
Carbs, dry weight
~48%
kcal/100 g
305

Ingredients

Listed first: Chicken. 31.5% of the recipe is declared meat.

Chicken (35%) (Chicken Meal 26.5%, Fresh Chicken 5%, Chicken Gravy 3.5%), Rice (25%), Whole Oats (17%), Beet Pulp (7%), Dried Alfalfa, Pea Starch, Brewers Yeast, Minerals, Whole Dried Egg, Salmon Oil, Pea Fibre, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Pre-biotic Fructooligosaccharide) (0.16%), Glucosamine (0.06%), Chondroitin (0.045%), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans, Pre-biotic Mannanoligosaccharides) (0.11%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Cranberry Extract (0.01%), Pomegranate Extract (0.005%), Green Tea Extract (0.005%)

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Vitamins: Vitamin A 24,000IU, Vitamin D3 1,200IU, Vitamin E 400mg, L-carnitine 200mg 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.

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Chicken (35%) (Chicken Meal 26.5%, Fresh Chicken 5%, Chicke…Named meat35%
Rice (25%)Grain25%
Whole Oats (17%)Grain17%
Beet Pulp (7%)Vegetable, fruit or plant7%
Dried AlfalfaVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Pea StarchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Brewers YeastOtherNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Whole Dried EggOtherNot given
Salmon OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Pea FibreVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Pre-biotic Fructooligo…Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.2%
Glucosamine (0.06%)Other0.06%
Chondroitin (0.045%)Other0.045%
Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans, Pre-biotic Mannanoligo…Other0.1%
Yucca Extract (0.02%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.02%
Cranberry Extract (0.01%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.01%
Pomegranate Extract (0.005%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.005%
Green Tea Extract (0.005%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.005%

3.5% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 29% and carbs about 48%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein27%29%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat6.8%7.4%
Carbohydrate~44%~48%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre6%6.5%
Ash8.5%9.2%
Moisture8%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.

Energy305 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 28

The kind of meat scored best (7 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.2 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    12.6 / 45
    • Meat on the label11 / 35

      31.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.6 / 10

      Protein is 29.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.2 / 20

    About 47.5% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.

  4. What kind of meat?

    7 / 15
    • How the meat is listed7 / 12

      The label lists the meat as meal and fresh, which earns 58% 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

      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

Tied 640th of 1,171 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 48% to 31% 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.

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 26 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 26 nothing flagged
26 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, beet pulp, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, egg, glucosamine, green tea extract, l-carnitine, minerals, oats, pea fibre, pomegranate extract, rice, rosemary, salmon oil, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast

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

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

ShopPackPricePer kg
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 21 to 32 points higher and cost up to 4% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 31.5%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 48%
To feed
about the same per 1,000 kcal

+32 pointsCompare

Meat
73% this food 31.5%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 48%
To feed
16% less per 1,000 kcal

+29 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 31.5%
Carbs
about 27% this food about 48%
To feed
4% more per 1,000 kcal

+29 pointsCompare

Meat
59% this food 31.5%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 48%
To feed
64% less per 1,000 kcal

+21 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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