Yora

Yora Grain Free review

Name: Yora Grain Free
Brand: Yora

59.1/100Good

DryAdult

A grain-free kibble built on black soldier fly larvae and nothing else that ever had a face. Insect is 41.5% of the recipe, broken into meal, fresh larvae and oil in print, and linseed takes the place of fish oil, so the whole bowl stays on one animal. It reaches our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs the usual meats have all disagreed with
Elimination plans: black soldier fly larvae is the only animal ingredient
A lighter footprint without giving up animal protein
Grain free, with potato and sweet potato doing the starch work
Stiffer and older dogs, chondroitin declared at 500mg/kg

Worth watching

Insect is an unfamiliar smell, so change over slowly
Carbohydrate at 47.0% of dry matter; the potatoes do real work
Protein at 23.9% of dry matter is light for a hard-working dog

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

How this scores

How we score

59.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Yora's table puts a 10kg dog on 150 grams and a 20kg dog on 250 grams, so weigh against that.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Yora Grain Free 59.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It wins on clarity and construction, with transparency at Outstanding, while protein and carbohydrate sit close to the ordinary dry food.

What's in it

Insect meal28%Dry before it goes in, so its share survives the oven.
Freshly prepared insect8%Black soldier fly larvae: a complete protein that brings its own glucosamine.
Insect oil5.5%
Sweet potato, potato23%, 20%The starch. No grain on the list.
Beet pulp5%A gentle fermentable fibre.
Vegetable stock, linseed, mineralsLinseed is the omega source, plant form, so give the coat a few weeks.
Seaweed meal, chicory root extract0.5%, 0.1%Iodine, and prebiotic FOS.
Chondroitin500mg/kgA real figure for joints.
Carrot, spinach, blueberry, herbs, yucca, turmeric0.05% down to 0.005%Honest labelling of very small amounts.

Zinc is dosed twice, as an oxide and as an amino acid chelate, the form a dog's gut takes up best.

Moisture is not declared; dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

*Insect 41.5% (Insect Meal 28%, Freshly Prepared Insect 8%, Insect Oil 5.5%), Sweet Potato (23%), Potato (20%), Beet Pulp (5%), Vegetable Stock, Linseed, Minerals, Seaweed Meal (0.5%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of prebiotic FOS) (0.1%), Dried Carrot, Chondroitin (500mg/Kg), Dried Spinach (0.05%), Dried Blueberry (0.05%), Dried Nettle, Dried Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Yucca Extract, Turmeric (0.005%). *Hermetia illucens larvae Source of Glucosamine.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

7.8%

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

47%

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

41.5%

Added water

5.1%

Carbs

48%

Veg

1.8%

Other

3.6%

Pricing & size