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AvoDerm Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of AvoDerm Advanced Joint Health Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Peas, Chicken Cartilage, Pea Flour, and Garbanzo Beans. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 36.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 30.0%, fat 12.0%, fiber 6.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 36.0%
30%
12%
10%
36%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 36.0% of this cup, close to the kibble average. Protein comes in at 30.0%. One cup carries 368 kcal.
PROTEIN
30.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
36.0%
KCAL / CUP
368
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FIRST 5 OF 27 COMPONENTS

Our read The ingredients

Real cartilage high on the list, at upkeep doses

Signature feature

Chicken cartilage

With added chicken cartilage, a natural source of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine, to help maintain healthy joints.

AvoDerm says

What it is Ground chicken cartilage, third on the list right behind peas. It supplies the glucosamine and chondroitin the bag guarantees, instead of an added supplement powder.

Our grade

  1. Marketing
  2. Modest
  3. Meaningful

Third place means real cartilage, not a dusting, but each cup guarantees just 143 mg glucosamine. Joint supplements give several times that a day, so this suits a sound dog, not a stiff one.

Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.

Peas, pea flour and garbanzo beans fill three of the top five spots. The avocado the brand is named for sits ninth.

  • 2 Peas
  • 4 Pea Flour
  • 5 Garbanzo Beans
  • 9 Avocado
  • 15 Salt

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,347 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
30.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
12.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
6.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
36.0%

368 kcal per cup.

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken Meal, Peas, Chicken Cartilage (Source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine), Pea Flour, Garbanzo Beans, Tapioca Flour, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dried Tomato Pomace, Avocado, Flax Seed (Source of Omega 3), Alfalfa Meal, Natural Flavor, Dried Egg Product, Potassium Chloride, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Kelp Meal, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, a-Tocopherol Acetate (Source of Vitamin E), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Minerals (Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Selenium Yeast, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Iodate), Avocado Oil, Rosemary Extract, Sage Extract, Pineapple Stem (Source of Bromelain), Papain, Dehydrated Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dehydrated Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dehydrated Bifidobacterium Thermophilum Fermentation Product, Dehydrated Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 30.0% 33.3% HIGH
FAT 12.0% 13.3% n/a
FIBER 6.0% 6.7% n/a
CARB (EST.) 36.0% 40.0% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 36.0% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%

Our read The label

A middle-of-the-road adult food with lighter cups

The number

308mg

Chondroitin sulfate, at least, in every cup. Steady background upkeep for joints, well short of a dedicated supplement dose.
  1. How was it proven?

    Formulated

    Built on paper to meet AAFCO levels for adult maintenance, not tested in a feeding trial. It is not meant for puppies.

  2. Is a cup a normal cup?

    A bit lighter

    368 kcal a cup, about 7% under the average dry food we list. Coming from a denser food, expect to scoop a little more.

Feed it to
Healthy adults, including older dogs with sound joints, that do well on chicken and legumes.
Skip it for
Puppies, dogs allergic to chicken, and stiff or limping dogs that need a real joint supplement dose.
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
4 lb $24.99 $6.25 Chewy lowest of 2 stores

Prices are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.9CUPS
    1,076 kcal321 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (368 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // AVODERM

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    SEP 11, 2012
    POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION WITH SALMONELLA

    Natural Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Adult Dog Formula Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

    OTHER BRANDS // CLOSEST ON THE LABEL

    Similar recipes from other brands

    Other kibble recipes with the closest protein, fat and starch as fed, the way the bag prints them. Prescription diets are left out.

    PRICE PER POUND

    Lower-priced alternative

    Wysong Synorgon Dry Dog Food
    Wysong $2.40/lb
    Wysong Synorgon Dry Dog Food
    PROTEIN30% FAT14% STARCH36%

    $2.40/lb vs $6.25/lb for this recipe. A similar protein, fat and starch profile for less per pound, from the lowest price per pound we have saved for each. Prices change; check before you buy.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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