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Yora Pate: Carrot & Potato review

Name: Yora Pate: Carrot & Potato
Brand: Yora

76.3/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

An insect pate in three vegetable dressings, all in our Excellent band. What it offers, almost uniquely, is an animal protein your dog has never eaten. Underneath, the three cartons are the same food, so choose by what your dog fancies.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with a long list of meat intolerances
Owners after a lighter environmental footprint, which is what Yora was built for
Dogs kept off cereal: the starch is vegetables and a little chicory
A soft bowl that needs no chewing
Variety without changing the recipe

Worth watching

Pea protein and yeast add to the protein figure, so not all of it is animal
Carbohydrate at an estimated 26.9% of dry matter, high for a wet food
Novel is not hypoallergenic; introduce it gradually

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

How this scores

How we score

76.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A 15 kg dog sits at about 700 grams a day on the label; the waistline decides where in the range to land.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Apple 78.0
Beetroot 78.0
Carrot 76.3

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The three settle within a whisker of each other, level with the run of a strong wet shelf, and the difference is only the vegetables.

What's in it

Freshly prepared insect58%The only animal ingredient, and one almost no dog has met.
Vegetable stockCarries the moisture.
Carrot, potato6% eachThe only carton with potato. Carrot brings vitamin A.
Pea protein3%Lifts the protein figure with a less digestible plant source.
Brewer's yeast1.5%B vitamins, and a complete protein.
Minerals0.2%
Prebiotic MOS (yeasts), prebiotic FOS (chicory meal)0.09% each

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, copper, manganese and zinc, each with a dose and a named chemical form; no calcium figure is given.

Potato is in this carton only, worth checking if you keep starchy roots off the menu.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Insect 58%, Vegetable Stock, Carrot 6%, Potato 6%, Pea Protein 3%, Brewer's Yeast 1.5%, Minerals 0.2%, Prebiotic MOS (Yeasts 0.09%), Prebiotic FOS (Chicory meal 0.09%).

Against the range

Vegetables: Carrot, potato; Apple and parsnip, or beetroot and swede.
Potato: Yes; Not in the other two.
Analysis: Identical; Same on all three.

The most conventional pairing of the three.

One recipe in three dressings. Freshly prepared insect leads at 58%, vegetable stock carries the moisture, and two named vegetables at 6% each give every carton its name. Pea protein at 3%, brewer's yeast at 1.5% and two prebiotics finish the list.

The analysis is the same on all three: protein 38.5% of dry matter, fat 19.2% and estimated carbohydrate 26.9%. Fibre at 7.7% is high for a wet food, and the insect brings as much of it as the vegetables.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

102.6 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

74%

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

19.2%

Fibre

7.7%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

26.9%

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

58%

Added water

22%

Carbs

Veg

Other

Pricing & size