Yarrah

Yarrah Adult review

Name: Yarrah Adult
Brand: Yarrah

50.8/100Good

DryAdult

A certified organic kibble in our Good band, with 96.9% of its agricultural content organically farmed. Dried chicken at 18% leads, and oats, corn and wheat carry the recipe underneath. The way its ingredients were grown and caught is the reason most people choose it, and for a healthy adult with no cereal trouble it is a comfortable everyday bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households buying organic across the board
Owners who care where the fish comes from: herring and fish oil are both MSC certified
Medium and large adult dogs
Dogs that have always eaten cereal happily
Reluctant eaters, with dried herring and hydrolysed liver in the mix

Worth watching

Wheat and corn high on the list, a poor fit for a wheat-sensitive dog
Herring and fish oil, so it is not fish free
Rice protein and soy husks among the leading entries, less digestible than meat protein
A vitamin and trace element panel printed with no units

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

How this scores

How we score

50.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and large adults. Check whether your dog has ever reacted to wheat before switching, since it is fourth on the list.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Yarrah Adult 50.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The organic farming and MSC fish are real but sit outside what our scoring measures; a modest meat share ahead of three cereals is what it sees.

What's in it

Dried chicken (organic)18%The water left long before the mixer, so all of it counts as protein.
OatsThe pick of the cereals: easy to digest, with fibre, manganese and B1.
Corn, wheatWheat is linked with more dietary intolerance in dogs than any other cereal.
Chicken fat
Rice proteinProps up the analysis with a protein a dog uses less well than meat.
Soy husks, peasFibre and plant protein.
Dried MSC herringA second species on the label.
Baobab, hydrolysed liverBaobab is a fruit pulp for fibre; the liver is there for taste.
Minerals, sunflower seed husks, brewers yeast
MSC fish oilThe marine omega 3 a dog puts to work on skin and coat.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iodine, manganese, copper and selenium, all printed as bare numbers with no units.

The additive panel gives no units, so its figures cannot be read against another label.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken* (18%), oats*, corn*, wheat*, chicken fat*, rice protein*, soy husks*, peas*, dried MSC herring¹, baobab*, hydrolised liver*, minerals, sunflower seed husks*, brewers yeast, MSC fish oil¹. * = organic. ¹From an MSC certified sustainable fishery, www.msc.org. 96.9% of agricultural resources is sourced from organic agriculture.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

344.5 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12.7%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

7.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13.8%

Fibre

4.6%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

46.6%

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

15.7%

Other

84.3%

Pricing & size