Yarrah

Yarrah Adult Grain Free review

Name: Yarrah Adult Grain Free
Brand: Yarrah

52.3/100Good

DryAdult

Organic and grain free on the same bag, which is rare. Yarrah drops the cereal for tapioca, peas and lupine, and the result is its strongest adult dry recipe, with protein at 30.4% of dry matter and the lowest carbohydrate of the three. It finishes in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off cereal
Households committed to organic food, with 95.9% of the agricultural content certified
Busy adults. At 16.0% fat on a dry matter basis it is the richest of Yarrah's dry recipes
Owners who want sustainably caught fish: the herring and the fish oil are both MSC certified
Every size from toy to giant

Worth watching

Soy husks and soy beans both on the list, so know your dog's history with soya
Fish in the bowl, from dried herring and fish oil
Lupine, soy and peas carry a fair share of the protein figure, and plant protein is less digestible than meat

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

How this scores

How we score

52.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. If soya has ever upset your dog, that is the line to check first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Yarrah Adult Grain Free 52.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The pick of Yarrah's adult dry recipes on the analysis, held back by how much of the protein comes from legumes.

What's in it

Dried chicken18%Already dried, so the whole share carries through into the kibble. Organic.
TapiocaThe main binder. Starch from the cassava root, and little beyond it.
Green peasFibre and antioxidants come along with the protein.
Sunflower seed husks, soy husksFibre. Crude fibre reaches 5.5% of dry matter, the highest of Yarrah's adult recipes.
Chicken fat
Lupine, soy beansLegumes added for protein. They explain why 18% meat reads as 30.4% protein in dry matter.
Dried MSC herringFrom an MSC certified fishery.
Baobab, hydrolysed liverBaobab adds a little fruit fibre.
Brewer's yeast, mineralsB vitamins from the yeast.
MSC fish oilThe marine omega 3, carrying the same certification as the herring.

Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, D3 and E, L-carnitine, iodine, copper and selenium, printed as bare numbers with no units.

No units beside any vitamin or trace element figure, so the panel cannot be compared with another label.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken* (18%), tapioca*, green peas*, sunflower seed husks*, soy husks*, chicken fat*, lupine*, soy beans*, dried MSC herring¹, baobab*, hydrolised liver*, brewers yeast, minerals, MSC fish oil¹. * = organic. ¹From an MSC certified sustainable fishery, www.msc.org. 95.9% of agricultural resources is sourced from organic agriculture.

Against the range

One grain free kibble, built on tapioca, green peas and lupine. Dried chicken at 18% opens the list, with hydrolysed liver, MSC herring, chicken fat and MSC fish oil behind it. Lupine and soy beans add plant protein, and 95.9% of the agricultural content is organic.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

346.5 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14.7%

Fibre

5.1%

Ash

6.8%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

16%

Fibre

5.5%

Ash

7.4%

Carbs

40.7%

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

15.8%

Other

84.2%

Pricing & size