Years

Years Puppy Complete Nutrition System: Steak & Kidney Mushroom Hotpot review

Name: Years Puppy Complete Nutrition System: Steak & Kidney Mushroom Hotpot
Brand: Years

84.8/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Years' gently cooked trays pointed at growth, all three in our Outstanding band. The label habit is what marks them out: every ingredient carries a figure, down to powders at 0.01%. Organ meat does much of the heavy lifting, and liver is on every list.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies headed for any adult size, toy through to giant
Owners who want to know exactly which cuts of which animal go in
Pups just off milk. A soft, moist tray asks very little of a young mouth
Households already on the adult range, with the same shape of label
Small or picky puppies, since gently cooked meat smells of itself

Worth watching

Calcium printed per kilo as fed, not as a share of dry matter; ask the maker for the dry-matter figure if your puppy will finish large or giant
Fridge space and a routine, easier to sort before the puppy arrives

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

How this scores

How we score

84.8/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Weigh your puppy every week or so and step the amount up against the tray's guide as the growth chart climbs.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Steak 84.8
Chicken Thigh Vegetable Casserole 84.5
Turkey Thigh Cranberry Fricassee 83.0

All three Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

The three sit so close together that a puppy's protein history, not a ranking, should make the choice.

What's in it

Fresh forequarter beef steak17%Heads a beef-only list.
Fresh beef lung, heart16.5%, 16%With liver and kidney, the organ side outweighs the muscle.
Fresh red pepper9%
Fresh pre-soaked buckwheat6.6%
Fresh beef liver, kidney6%, 4.5%
Sweet potato, parsnip, spinach, carrot4.8% down to 3%
Rosemary-infused sunflower oil, hempseed oil2.3%, 0.75%The most hempseed oil of the three.
Nutritional yeast, mushroom, coconut, vitamins and minerals1% each
Pre-soaked quinoa, rosemary, taurine0.7% down to 0.25%
Alfalfa, nettle, chicory, kelp, chamomile, dandelion0.05% down to 0.01%

The same per-kilo panel as the rest of the range, calcium at 4874mg as fed.

Calcium is printed as fed. For a large or giant puppy, ask Years for the dry-matter figure.

Named ingredients

Fresh Forequarter Beef Steak (17%), Fresh Beef Lung (16.5%), Fresh Beef Heart (16%), Fresh Red Pepper (9%), Fresh Pre-soaked Buckwheat (6.6%), Fresh Beef Liver (6%), Fresh Sweet Potato (4.8%), Fresh Beef Kidney (4.5%), Fresh Parsnip (3.7%), Fresh Spinach Leaf (3.5%), Fresh Carrot (3%), Cold-Pressed Rosemary-infused Sunflower Oil (2.3%), Deactivated Nutritional Yeast (1%), Fresh Mushroom (1%), Desiccated Coconut (1%), Vitamins & Minerals (1%), Cold-Pressed Organic Hempseed Oil (0.75%), Fresh Pre-soaked Quinoa (0.7%), Rosemary (0.3%), Taurine (0.25%), Alfalfa Powder (0.05%), Nettle Powder (0.04%), Chicory Root Powder (0.04%), Kelp Powder (0.03%), Chamomile Powder (0.02%), Dandelion Powder (0.01%).

Against the range

Energy: 177 kcal per 100g; Densest tray; the chicken is 140.
Meat: Organ cuts outweigh the steak; The turkey leans on leg and heart.
Protein, dry matter: 39.9%; Between the turkey at 36.1% and the chicken at 42.7%.

The one for a busy puppy that burns through its day and needs it back by supper.

Muscle and organ cuts come to 60% of every tray, listed cut by cut with a figure against each, and each tray keeps to one animal. Pre-soaked buckwheat and quinoa stand in for cereal, with sweet potato, parsnip and red pepper behind them.

Cold-pressed sunflower oil infused with rosemary supplies most of the fat, hempseed oil supports it, and taurine is added at 0.25% on every label. The mineral panel is the same across the three, printed per kilo as fed, with calcium at 4874mg. What varies is the animal, the organ mix and the energy.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

177 kcal/100g

Protein

13.6%

Fat

10%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

2.4%

Moisture

65.9%

Dry weight

Protein

39.9%

Fat

29.3%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

Carbs

22.6%

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

60.2%

Added water

0.5%

Carbs

12.1%

Veg

10.4%

Oils

3.1%

Other

13.6%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £9.48 (RRP)
Pack: 280 g, 630 g, 770 g, 875 g, 980 g, 1155 g trays (single tray, or 1-4 of each); also sold as a "pack of 4", and to retail stockists as 8 × 320 g and 8 × 630 g
A 15kg dog eats: 330 to 420 g a day, 375 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £3.56

Strong value for what is in the recipe.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.