Yarrah

Yarrah Chunks: Vegetarian review

Name: Yarrah Chunks: Vegetarian
Brand: Yarrah

48/100Average

WetAdult

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

48/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyGood

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

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

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 soyaLeads. Protein rich on paper, though plant protein is less available to a dog.
Organic dried peas2.2%Equal to 7.5% peas.
Organic dried carrots0.55%Equal to 5% carrots.
Organic oils and fats: sunflower oilCarries the fat.
Minerals
Organic dried rosehip0.2%
Organic derivatives of vegetable origin: lovage

The fullest panel in the range, with taurine and L-carnitine added back for a meat free bowl alongside B vitamins, though again with no units printed.

Listed for adults only, where the meat tins also cover seniors.

Named ingredients

Soya*, vegetables* (2.2% dried peas*, equivalent to 7.5% peas*, 0.55% dried carrots*, equivalent to 5% carrots*), oils* and fats* (sunflower oil*), minerals, fruit* (0.2% dried rosehip*), derivatives of vegetable origin* (lovage*). *= organic.

Against the range

Animals: None; Both other tins are built on a meat block.
Protein, dry matter: 40.0%; 36.8% on the meat tins.
Fat, as fed: 4.0%; Leanest and lightest of the three.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 31.5%; 25.3% on the meat tins.

The strongest tin of the three on our reading, and the right instinct on taurine for a meat free dog.

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

85.4 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

77.5%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

17.8%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

31.5%

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.

Added water

12.5%

Carbs

5.2%

Veg

29.4%

Oils

12.1%

Other

40.8%

Pricing & size