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Yora First Steps review

Name: Yora First Steps
Brand: Yora

61.5/100Good

DryPuppy

A puppy kibble built entirely on insect protein, which very few growth foods attempt. Black soldier fly larvae make up 44% of the bag, and no conventional meat appears anywhere after them. Potato and naked oats carry the starch, chondroitin has a printed dose, and the food settles in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies that need a protein they have never met; nothing else in the recipe comes from an animal
A lower-footprint bowl that is still a complete puppy food
Joints given an early start, with chondroitin at 400 mg/kg and glucosamine from the larvae
Steadier pups. At 357 kcal per 100g it sits a little under the 376 typical
Owners who like small print spelled out, from seaweed meal at 0.5% for DHA to turmeric at 0.005%

Worth watching

No calcium figure, so ask the maker before rearing a large or giant pup on it
Naked oats at 15%, so the bag is not grain free
Potato protein mid-list, so plants do some of the protein work
Chondroitin with no named source, worth checking before a formal exclusion trial

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

How this scores

How we score

61.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Small and medium pups are on comfortable ground; for a large breed, get the calcium figure from Yora first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Yora First Steps 61.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Meets the usual standard for growth kibble, a fair return for an insect recipe read against a scale built around meat.

What's in it

Insect meal30%Water already driven off, so nearly all of it reaches the kibble. Part of 44% insect.
Freshly prepared insect, insect oil8.5%, 5.5%Black soldier fly larvae, topping up protein and supplying the fat.
Potato17%
Naked oats15%Gentle once cooked, but grain all the same.
Sweet potato, beet pulp5% eachBeet pulp brings a well tolerated fibre.
Vegetable stock, potato protein, brewer's yeastPlant protein and yeast lift the protein figure.
Minerals, linseed
Seaweed meal, chicory root extract0.5%, 0.1%Named as the DHA source, and prebiotic FOS.
Spinach, blueberry, carrot, nettle, parsley, rosemary, turmeric, mint0.05% down to 0.005%Seasoning level.
Chondroitin, yucca extract400mg/kgThe only joint figure; glucosamine comes from the larvae.

Itemised with doses, vitamin E at 150mg and zinc split across two forms at 90mg and 45mg, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols.

No calcium figure on the label. For a large or giant breed pup, ask Yora before rearing on it alone.

Named ingredients

*Insect 44% (Insect Meal 30%, Freshly Prepared Insect 8.5%, Insect Oil 5.5%), Potato (17%), Naked Oats (15%), Sweet Potato (5%), Beet Pulp (5%), Vegetable Stock, Potato Protein, Brewer's Yeast, Minerals, Linseed, Seaweed Meal (as a source of DHA) (0.5%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of prebiotic FOS) (0.1%), Dried Spinach (0.05%), Dried Blueberry (0.05%), Dried Carrot, Dried Nettle, Dried Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Chondroitin (400mg/kg), Yucca Extract, Turmeric (0.005%), Dried Mint. *Hermetia illucens larvae Source of Glucosamine.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

357 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

14%

Fibre

5.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

41.9%

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

44.1%

Added water

5.9%

Carbs

45.8%

Veg

1.3%

Other

Pricing & size