Yarrah

Yarrah Puppy review

Name: Yarrah Puppy
Brand: Yarrah

53.5/100Good

DryPuppy

An organic growth kibble that sits in our Good band, with 97.6% of its agricultural ingredients organically farmed and MSC certified fish. Declared fat of 18.0% makes it one of the richer puppy bags. Calcium is printed too, at 1.3% of dry matter, inside what growth needs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households that buy organic as a rule
Owners who mind where the fish comes from. The herring and the fish oil are both MSC certified
Fast-growing, busy puppies, at 392 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical of a puppy dry food
A pup heading for a big adult frame, with calcium declared and in range
Pups who need a rich bowl to hold condition

Worth watching

Corn and wheat on the list, for a pup that already looks intolerant of grain
Soy husks, fibre with little else attached, and soya is a common trigger in a sensitive dog
Fish beside the chicken, so no single-protein plan

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

How this scores

How we score

53.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies heading for any adult size. Start from Yarrah's chart and adjust the portion to the condition your pup is actually in.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Yarrah Puppy 53.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The organic sourcing, the MSC fish and a declared calcium figure are real strengths; the cereal-led recipe underneath them holds the score where it is.

What's in it

Dried chicken19%Already dry, so close to the whole share reaches the kibble. The only figure on the list.
Oats, corn, wheatOats come out best of the three. Wheat is the grain most often linked with intolerance.
Chicken fatWhere the richness and the energy come from.
Rice proteinPlant protein to top up the total.
Soy husksFibre: the casing left once the seed is processed.
Dried MSC herring, peas
Hydrolysed liver, brewers yeastLiver for palatability.
Sunflower seed husks
MSC fish oil, mineralsOmega 3 for a growing coat and brain.

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

Yarrah publishes the vitamin and trace element values without units, so the panel cannot be read as doses.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken* (19%), oats*, corn*, wheat*, chicken fat*, rice protein*, soy husks*, dried MSC herring¹, peas*, hydrolised liver*, brewers yeast, sunflower seed husks*, MSC fish oil¹, minerals. * = organic. ¹From an MSC certified sustainable fishery, www.msc.org. 97.6% of agricultural resources is sourced from organic agriculture.

Against the range

One recipe: dried chicken at 19%, the only ingredient with a percentage, ahead of oats, corn and wheat. Chicken fat makes it a rich bowl, and herring and fish oil put fish beside the chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

391.5 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

40.3%

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

16.3%

Other

83.7%

Pricing & size