Yarrah

Yarrah Paté: Chicken (400g can) review

Name: Yarrah Paté: Chicken (400g can)
Brand: Yarrah

44.8/100Average

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Smooth organic pâtés, mostly in small trays with one larger can, all four in our Average band. What separates them is how much each label tells you. Two publish no ingredient list at all, and the fullest one names an animal its title leaves out.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small mouths, toy breeds and dogs that have stopped chewing keenly
Older dogs with sore or missing teeth
Owners buying organic across the household
Dogs kept away from starch: carbohydrate reaches only 0.5% of dry matter on the 150g Chicken tray
A puppy alongside grown dogs, via the Beef and Chicken

Worth watching

Beef at 15% in the Chicken and Turkey, not in the name
No ingredient list for the Beef and Chicken or the 150g Chicken tray
Derivatives of vegetable origin on both published lists
Additive values with no unit, so no dose can be worked out

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

How this scores

How we score

44.8/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size, with the Beef and Chicken also listed for puppies. If beef is off the menu, read the Chicken and Turkey label first.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 49.5
Chicken (400g can) 44.8
Beef 44.2
Chicken (150g tray) 44.1

All four Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All four are built to the same house pattern, and a missing list is no sign of a better recipe.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives52%Organic. Chicken is named at 19%, so around a third of the animal content goes unnamed.
Vegetables (peas)Organic peas.
Derivatives of vegetable originA term wide enough to take in most things that grow.
Minerals
Dried seaweed, dried spirulina0.6%, 0.1%Seasoning and minerals. Seaweed is a real source of iodine.

Vitamin D3, vitamin E, biotin, manganese and copper are declared, printed as bare numbers with no unit, so no dose can be read.

Named ingredients

52% meat* and animal derivatives* (chicken* 19%), vegetables* (peas*), derivatives of vegetable origin*, minerals, algae* (0.6% of dried seaweed*, 0.1% from dried spirulina*). * = organic.

Against the range

Format: Single 400g can; 150g trays
Named meat: Chicken 19% of a 52% block; The Chicken and Turkey names all 55% of its block
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 13.7%, the highest; 0.5% to 3.5% elsewhere

The one that names least of its meat, and the cheapest per kilo.

Two of the four labels are published, both built the same way: a block of organic meat and animal derivatives with the headline animal named inside it, then derivatives of vegetable origin and minerals. The Beef and Chicken and the 150g Chicken tray publish no list at all.

Moisture is 81.0% on three and 82.5% on the Beef and Chicken. Every additive panel is printed as bare numbers with no unit.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

88 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

47.4%

Fat

26.3%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

10.5%

Carbs

13.7%

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

52%

Added water

28.8%

Carbs

7.6%

Veg

9.3%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size