Years Pork Shoulder Apple & Sage Stew

Fresh Shelf complete Recalled

77out of 100

Good

our rating

Is Years Pork Shoulder Apple & Sage Stew a good dog food?

We score it 77/100 (Good). This reflects the ingredient quality, composition and label transparency of the recipe as declared on the label.

How we score

Why this score?

This food achieves a score of 77 out of 100 based on several key factors. The overall quality of the ingredient list adds +7.6 to the total, while the meat content contributes +5.9. Furthermore, printing percentages on the label adds +3.2. On the other hand, the carbohydrate content deducts -2.9 from the overall score.

Recipe
77
Nutritional
Not recorded
Transparency
50
Safety
71
Evidencelimited
33

The Recipe score measures how attractive and transparent the declared ingredient list is. It is not, by itself, proof that the food is nutritionally appropriate for long-term feeding. The Nutritional and Evidence scores measure what we can verify towards that stronger claim.

Complete shelf-stable fresh food for puppies, with pork, heart and lung as the main ingredients.

Why you might choose it

Meat makes up an estimated 51% of the dry matter (60% as fed).
Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
Prints a percentage for nearly every ingredient, so the recipe is fully auditable.

Why you might not

Covered by an active recall: Years voluntary recall of all fresh meals.
No analytical breakdown is published.

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Estimated composition

meat60.5%

veg20.0%

carb14.4%

oil2.8%

supplement2.3%

fibre0.1%

Typical analysis (as fed)

No analysis recorded yet.

Additives & feeding info

No additives recorded yet.

Who is this food for?

Suits

Labelled by the manufacturer for puppies
Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
Single named protein: pork
Doesn't list chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, fish, venison, 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. Use the homepage filter to find foods that fit your dog.

Ingredients (27)

#	As declared	Matched	Category	Tier	Declared %	Est. %
1	Fresh Pork Shoulder (13.1%)	Pork	meat	medium	13.1	13.1
2	Fresh Pork Heart (13%)	Heart	meat	good	13	13.0
3	Fresh Pork Lung (13%)	Lung	meat	medium	13	13.0
4	Fresh Pork Liver (12.5%)	Pork Liver	meat	good	12.5	12.5
5	Fresh Pre-soaked Buckwheat (7%)	Buckwheat	carb	medium	7	7.0
6	Fresh Sweet Potato (6.5%)	Sweet Potatoes	carb	good	6.5	6.5
7	Fresh Pork Belly (6.4%)	Belly	meat	medium	6.4	6.4
8	Fresh Red Pepper (6%)	Red Pepper	veg	good	6	6.0
9	Fresh Yellow Pepper (5.2%)	Fresh Yellow Pepper	veg	good	5.2	5.2
10	Fresh Parsnip (4.8%)	Parsnips	veg	good	4.8	4.8
11	Cold-Pressed Rosemary-infused Sunflower Oil (2.55%)	Sunflower oil	oil	good	2.55	2.5
12	Fresh Spinach Leaf (2.5%)	Spinach	veg	good	2.5	2.5
13	Fresh Pork Kidney (2%)	Kidney	meat	good	2	2.0
14	Fresh Apple (1%)	Apples	veg	good	1	1.0
15	Deactivated Nutritional Yeast (1%)	Yeast	supplement	good	1	1.0
16	Vitamins & Minerals (1%)	Vitamin	supplement	good	1	1.0
17	Fresh Pre-soaked Quinoa (0.75%)	Quinoa	carb	good	0.75	0.8
18	Cold-Pressed Organic Hempseed Oil (0.25%)	Hemp Oil	oil	good	0.25	0.3
19	Taurine (0.25%)	Taurine	supplement	good	0.25	0.3
20	Sage (0.2%)	Sage	veg	good	0.2	0.2
21	Algae Powder (0.05%)	Seaweed	veg	good	0.05	0.05
22	Alfalfa Powder (0.05%)	Alfalfa Powder	fibre	medium	0.05	0.05
23	Nettle Powder (0.04%)	Nettles	veg	good	0.04	0.04
24	Chicory Root Powder (0.04%)	Chicory root	veg	good	0.04	0.04
25	Kelp Powder (0.03%)	Kelp	veg	good	0.03	0.03
26	Chamomile Powder (0.02%)	Chamomile	veg	good	0.02	0.02
27	Dandelion Powder (0.01%)	Dandelion Root	veg	good	0.01	0.01

Brand

Website: https://www.years.com/
Phone: 07380337761
Contact page: www.years.com

Trust and provenance

Recall history: Years voluntary recall of all fresh meals active (full recall tracker)
Label data last checked: 2026-08-22
Scored with: Model v2 (methodology)
Product page: shop.years.com

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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Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated

Scored with model v2 on 2026-09-22. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

Component	Input	Coefficient	Contribution
Base score	-	32.336	+32.34
Average ingredient quality	0.8	9.915	+7.64
Meat share of dry matter	50.5%	0.116	+5.86
Carb share of dry matter	25.4%	-0.113	-2.86
Oil share of dry matter	8.3%	-0.088	-0.74
Vegetable share of dry matter	9.4%	-0.002	-0.02
Supplement share of dry matter	6.2%	-0.009	-0.06
Undeclared quantities	0.8%	-0.131	-0.10
Prints ingredient percentages	yes	3.194	+3.19
Complete diet	yes	1.703	+1.70
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)	yes	-0.506	-0.51
Meat share × printed percentages	50.5	-0.073	-3.70
Processing multiplier	1.00	32.336	+32.34
Processing: Fresh Shelf	yes	0.072	+0.07

Show all 40 components

Component	Input	Coefficient	Contribution
Base score	-	32.336	+32.34
Average ingredient quality	0.8	9.915	+7.64
Meat share of dry matter	50.5%	0.116	+5.86
Carb share of dry matter	25.4%	-0.113	-2.86
Oil share of dry matter	8.3%	-0.088	-0.74
Vegetable share of dry matter	9.4%	-0.002	-0.02
Additive share of dry matter	0.0%	0.177	+0.00
Supplement share of dry matter	6.2%	-0.009	-0.06
Other share of dry matter	0.0%	-0.371	+0.00
Unrecognised share of dry matter	0.0%	-0.022	+0.00
Recipe graded poor	0.0%	-0.045	+0.00
Poor-quality meat in recipe	0.0%	-0.182	+0.00
Number of poor ingredients	0	-0.868	+0.00
Largest single poor ingredient	0.0%	0.056	+0.00
Undeclared quantities	0.8%	-0.131	-0.10
Prints ingredient percentages	yes	3.194	+3.19
Complete diet	yes	1.703	+1.70
Frozen or chilled fresh	no	11.440	+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)	yes	-0.506	-0.51
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)	no	-1.988	+0.00
High carb and low meat	no	-1.250	+0.00
Meat share × printed percentages	50.5	-0.073	-3.70
Meat share × fresh	0.0	-0.339	+0.00
Fresh × high meat	0.0	16.475	+0.00
Additive penalty	0.00	0.236	+0.00
Processing multiplier	1.00	32.336	+32.34
Processing: Raw	no	13.322	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilled	no	7.712	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozen	no	6.583	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigerated	no	4.857	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelf	yes	0.072	+0.07
Processing: Dry Freeze Dried	no	11.127	+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Dried	no	9.320	+0.00
Processing: Dry Cold Pressed	no	4.569	+0.00
Processing: Dry Baked	no	-2.321	+0.00
Processing: Dry Extruded	no	-6.996	+0.00
Processing: Dry Semi Moist	no	-6.833	+0.00
Processing: Dry Muesli	no	-10.711	+0.00
Processing: Wet Pate	no	2.935	+0.00
Processing: Wet Chunks	no	2.292	+0.00

Processing-type offset: -0.13
Nearly all quantities printed on label: +2 full-disclosure bonus
Subtotal: 77.0
Final score: 77/100

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.

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.

Model	Score
v2	77/100	current
v1	75/100
v1.9	78/100

Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges

Analytical constituents not declared

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.

Item	Points
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)	10/10
✓ Printed percentages on the label (99.2% of the recipe mass) (voluntary)	19.8/20
✗ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file	0/15
✗ Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file	0/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file	0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)	5/5
✗ Feeding guidance given (mandatory) - not on file	0/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)	5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)	10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file	0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Analytical constituents declared, 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.

Incident	Deduction
Product recall: Years voluntary recall of all fresh meals (2026-08-17, Active) Reason: other Official notice 30 points, decayed over 0.1 years: 30 x 0.5^(0.1/2) = 29.0	-28.98

See all current recalls we track.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

The marketing claims made on the pack and product page, and how much evidence sits behind them. We record the claims as stated; we do not assess whether they are true.

Claim	Type	Substantiation
100% complete nutrition system (on page)	Functional	Manufacturer assertion
using prime cuts of Pork Shoulder with Apple & Sage (on page)	Content	Manufacturer assertion

Limited: at least one claim rests on manufacturer assertion alone.

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

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