Burns Pet Nutrition YAKERS Blueberry Dog Chew

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YAKERS Blueberry Dog Chew
This is sold as a treat, not as an everyday meal. The 1–100 rating applies to complete meals, so it isn't scored. Ingredient breakdown below.

Our verdict

Is Burns Pet Nutrition YAKERS Blueberry Dog Chew a good dog food?

This is a treat, not a complete diet, so it is not scored on our 1-100 scale. The ingredient breakdown below shows what is in it; a treat should be fed alongside, not instead of, a complete diet.

Complementary treats for dogs of all life stages, with milk and milk derivatives, blueberries and fresh lime juice as the main ingredients.

How we score

Why you might choose it

  • Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
  • Prints a percentage for nearly every ingredient, so the recipe is fully auditable.
  • Doesn't list grain ingredients.

Why you might not

  • A treat, not a complete diet: feed as an extra, not the whole diet.
  • 2 poor-graded ingredients make up about 90% of the recipe.
  • Meat makes up an estimated 0% of the dry matter; carbohydrates dominate.

Who is this food for?

Suits

  • Labelled by the manufacturer for all lifestages
  • Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
  • Doesn't list chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, fish, venison, pork, duck as ingredients

These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Find foods that fit your dog.

What the label tells us

  • The label lists 4 ingredients.
  • Lists no artificial colours or preservatives.
  • Prints quantities for 2 ingredients.
Why is this treat not scored?

Our 1 to 100 rating applies to complete diets, so treats and complementary foods are presented as what the label tells us rather than a number that would invite comparison with complete meals.

What should I look for on a treat label?

A short ingredient list, named animal sources instead of generic terms, and no artificial colours or preservatives. Printed quantities are a good transparency signal, though few treat labels provide them.

These points are derived from the published ingredient list, not a rating.

Nutrition and feedingProtein 57% · Fat 5%

Typical analysis (as fed)

NutrientAs fed
Protein57%
Fat5%
Fibre0.50%
Ash5%
Moisture13%
Calcium1.50%

Additives & feeding info

No additives recorded yet.

Ingredients (4)0% of the recipe is estimated

Estimated composition

  • other 90.0%
  • veg 10.0%
  • additive 0.0%
#As declaredMatchedLabel readingDeclared %Est. %
1Milk and Milk Derivatives (90%)Milk and Milk Derivativesother · poor9090.0
2Blueberry (9.9%)Blueberriesveg · good9.99.9
3Lime JuiceFresh Lime Juiceveg · medium-0.06
4SaltSaltadditive · poor-0.04
  1. 1. Milk and Milk Derivatives (90%)90% declared90.0% estimated
    Milk and Milk Derivatives · other · poor
  2. 2. Blueberry (9.9%)9.9% declared9.9% estimated
    Blueberries · veg · good
  3. 3. Lime Juice0.06% estimated
    Fresh Lime Juice · veg · medium
  4. 4. Salt0.04% estimated
    Salt · additive · poor

Trust and sourceNo recalls recorded in our database · checked 2026-09-09

Brand and contact: Burns Pet Nutrition
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Phone
0800 083 6696
Contact page
burnspet.co.uk

Trust and provenance

Recall history
No recalls recorded in our database
Label data last checked
2026-09-09
Product page
burnspet.co.uk

Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.

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Score details and methodologyCalculations, history and evidence

Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated

Scored with model v3 on 2026-10-25. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality-0.89.191-7.12
Vegetable share of dry matter11.3%-0.005-0.06
Additive share of dry matter0.3%0.163+0.05
Other share of dry matter88.4%-0.375-33.13
Recipe graded poor90.0%-0.065-5.85
Number of poor ingredients2-0.876-1.75
Largest single poor ingredient90.0%0.060+5.40
Undeclared quantities0.1%-0.106-0.01
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)yes-3.158-3.16
Additive penalty-0.050.222-0.01
Processing multiplier0.9833.786+33.11
Processing: Dry Extrudedyes-6.713-6.71
Show all 40 components
ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality-0.89.191-7.12
Meat share of dry matter0.0%0.096+0.00
Carb share of dry matter0.0%-0.115+0.00
Oil share of dry matter0.0%-0.092+0.00
Vegetable share of dry matter11.3%-0.005-0.06
Additive share of dry matter0.3%0.163+0.05
Supplement share of dry matter0.0%-0.012+0.00
Other share of dry matter88.4%-0.375-33.13
Unrecognised share of dry matter0.0%-0.027+0.00
Recipe graded poor90.0%-0.065-5.85
Poor-quality meat in recipe0.0%-0.179+0.00
Number of poor ingredients2-0.876-1.75
Largest single poor ingredient90.0%0.060+5.40
Undeclared quantities0.1%-0.106-0.01
Prints ingredient percentagesno0.000+0.00
Complete dietno2.294+0.00
Frozen or chilled freshno0.000+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)no0.707+0.00
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)yes-3.158-3.16
High carb and low meatno-1.180+0.00
Meat share × printed percentages0.00.000+0.00
Meat share × fresh0.00.000+0.00
Fresh × high meat0.011.084+0.00
Additive penalty-0.050.222-0.01
Processing multiplier0.9833.786+33.11
Processing: Rawno-0.054+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilledno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozenno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigeratedno0.000+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelfno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Dry Freeze Driedno6.629+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Driedno6.331+0.00
Processing: Dry Cold Pressedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Bakedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Extrudedyes-6.713-6.71
Processing: Dry Semi Moistno-6.174+0.00
Processing: Dry Mueslino-10.146+0.00
Processing: Wet Pateno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Wet Chunksno-0.672+0.00
Processing-type offset
+0.02
Subtotal
11.7
Final score
12/100

Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.

This is not a complete diet, so the 1-100 rating does not apply to it. Read the recipe breakdown above as ingredient-quality context only.

Score history across model versions

The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.

ModelScore
v312/100current
v227/100
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges

Not applicable to complementary food. FEDIAF reference ranges apply to complete diets.

Transparency: what the label discloses

How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.

ItemPoints
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)10/10
✓ Printed percentages on the label (99.9% of the recipe mass) (voluntary)20/20
✓ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory)15/15
✗ Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file0/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)5/5
✗ Feeding guidance given (mandatory) - not on file0/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Additives declared, Feeding guidance given, Batch and date labelling).

Safety: recall history

Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.

No recalls recorded in our database.

See all current recalls we track.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

The claims made on the pack and product page, checked against the declared label. We record claims as stated; "consistent" means our stored label data supports the claim, "contradicted" means it conflicts with it. Functional claims are recorded but never scored.

100/100 · moderate — 2 checkable claims: 2 consistent, 0 contradicted.

Consistent with the label

  • "LOW-FAT, HEALTHY TREAT OPTION" — supported by the declared low fat data.
  • "RICH IN PROTEIN & CALCIUM FOR STRONG GROWTH" — supported by the declared high protein data.

5 further claims on file that we cannot check against the label.

Moderate: every checkable claim is consistent with the declared label.

ClaimTypeCheckSubstantiation
help to support your dog’s cognitive function (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
PROMOTES HEALTHY TEETH & GUMS (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
LOW-FAT, HEALTHY TREAT OPTION (on page)High/low levelconsistentManufacturer assertion
Packed with antioxidants (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
full of vitamins A, C & E (on page)Nutrientnot checkableManufacturer assertion
RICH IN PROTEIN & CALCIUM FOR STRONG GROWTH (on page)High/low levelconsistentManufacturer assertion
great source of dietary fibre (on page)Nutrientnot checkableManufacturer assertion

The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.

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