James & Ella

James & Ella Cold-Pressed: Ocean Fish review

Name: James & Ella Cold-Pressed: Ocean Fish
Brand: James & Ella

63.3/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Three cold-pressed recipes made by low temperature pressing, two in our Excellent band and the Ocean Fish a step behind in Good. Each starts with dried, ground meat and uses sweet potato for the starch. The vitamin side is printed with doses.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that bolt their dinner. The pellets soften and fall apart in water
A puppy, an adult and a senior eating from one scoop
Dogs kept off wheat and other cereals
Owners who want the vitamin doses spelled out
One small dog or a whole kennel, with bags from 2.5kg up to 20kg

Worth watching

Green lipped mussel on all three labels, for a dog kept off shellfish
Duck meal behind the chicken in the Free-Run Chicken
Soya oil and an unnamed fish species in the Ocean Fish

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

How this scores

How we score

63.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. Feed it like a dry food, with no freezer or defrosting, and check the second animal on the recipe you pick.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Free-Run Chicken 77.3
Country Game 76.7
Ocean Fish 63.3

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meats, a lower starch share and a printed vitamin panel lift two recipes clear of the typical cold-pressed food; the sweet potato lead keeps the ceiling where it is.

What's in it

Dried ground fish49%The biggest meat share of the three. No species named.
Sweet potato32.5%
Peas5%
Beet pulp5%
Fish oil, soya oilIn place of chicken oil. Soya, for a dog avoiding it.
Rapeseed oil
Green lipped mussel0.05%A sprinkle, honestly printed. Shellfish on the label.
Turmeric mixTurmeric, linseed oil, black pepper, yucca and apple cider vinegar.
Vitamins
Dried carrot, celery root, apple, sage, thyme, oregano, seaweed, fennel, nettle

Doses printed for vitamins A, D3, E, K, C and the B group, and for zinc, manganese, copper and iron; there is no separate trace element panel.

Green lipped mussel at 0.05% means shellfish is on the label.

Named ingredients

Dried Ground Fish 49%, Sweet Potato 32.5%, Peas 5%, Beet Pulp 5%, Fish Oil, Soya Oil, Green Lipped Mussel 0.05%, Turmeric Mix (Turmeric, Linseed Oil, Black Pepper, Yucca, Apple Cider Vinegar), Vitamins, Dried Vegetables (Carrot, Celery Root, Dried Herbs (Sage, Thyme, Oregano), Dried Fruit (Apple), Seaweed, Prebiotic, Yucca, Fennel, Nettle, Rapeseed Oil, Key ingredients highlighted on the page: Wild-caught fish, Sweet potato, Peas, Beet pulp, Green-lipped mussel, Oils, Turmeric, Carrot, Seaweed

Against the range

Meat: 49% dried fish; 42% chicken; 39% duck.
Protein, dry matter: 37.1%; 35.4% on the other two.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 35.1%; 39.3% on the other two.
Birds on the label: None; Chicken oil or chicken in the others.

The one label with no bird on it, and the most meat of the three.

Every recipe is built to one plan: dried, ground meat at the front, sweet potato as the carbohydrate, then peas and beet pulp. The meat went in dried, so 39% to 49% stands for a good deal more fresh meat. Carbohydrate sits under the cold-pressed typical on all three.

A tail of turmeric, herbs, seaweed and green lipped mussel follows on every label. The pellets are pressed at a low temperature and crumble in water where kibble swells.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

356 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

11%

Moisture

8.3%

Dry weight

Protein

37.1%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

12%

Carbs

35.1%

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

49%

Carbs

42.5%

Oils

6.1%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size