Yarrah

Yarrah Chunks: Beef review

Name: Yarrah Chunks: Beef
Brand: Yarrah

44.8/100Average

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

An organic range, certified from the meat down to the nettle, and that is why most people pick it up. All three tins sit in our Average band because Yarrah writes in category terms instead of naming what it used. Organic certification says how the ingredients were grown, not which ones they are.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households committed to organic food
Dogs suited to a short ingredient list
A dog on a meat free diet: the Vegetarian has no animal ingredient
Adults and older dogs of any build on the beef and chicken
Dogs that need the water a wet food brings

Worth watching

Organic wheat at 6% in both meat tins
Derivatives of vegetable origin on all three, a term broad enough to cover almost anything grown
Additive panels with no units, so no dose can be read off the page
The Vegetarian is built on soya, which some dogs digest poorly; ask a vet before a dog lives on it

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

How this scores

How we score

44.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

The beef and chicken are listed for adults and seniors of every size, the Vegetarian for adults only. Check which tin covers your dog's life stage before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Vegetarian 48.0
Chicken 46.6
Beef 44.8

All three Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The distance from the middle of the wet shelf comes almost entirely from the wording, with the Vegetarian the strongest of the three.

What's in it

Organic meat and animal derivatives35%Only 5% is named as beef; the other 30% could be any species the plant is running.
Organic beef, within the block5%
Organic cereals: wheat6% wheatRules the tin out where wheat has caused a reaction.
Minerals
Organic derivatives of vegetable origin: nettle, tomato0.2% each

Vitamins A, D3, E and biotin with copper, printed as bare numbers with no unit.

The only tin that leaves most of its animal content unidentified.

Named ingredients

35% meat* and animal derivatives* (beef* 5%), cereals* (wheat* 6%), minerals, derivatives of vegetable origin* (nettle* 0.2%, tomato* 0.2%). * = organic.

Against the range

Named meat: Beef, 5% of the 35% block; The chicken tin names all 35% as chicken.
Analysis: Fat 26.3% of dry matter, 89 kcal per 100g; Identical on the chicken; the Vegetarian is leaner.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.58%

The same build as the chicken tin, with far less of the meat spoken for.

Every ingredient across the three tins is certified organic, and each label is a handful of entries written in legal category terms. The beef and chicken tins are built identically: a 35% block of meat and animal derivatives, organic wheat at 6%, minerals, and nettle and tomato at 0.2% each.

The Vegetarian tin has no animal ingredient at all and is built on soya, peas and carrots. On every tin the vitamin and trace element panels are bare numbers with no unit beside them.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

89 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

36.8%

Fat

26.3%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

10.5%

Carbs

25.3%

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

35%

Added water

16%

Carbs

40.1%

Other

8.9%

Pricing & size