James & Ella

James & Ella Freeze-Dried Raw: Country Game review

Name: James & Ella Freeze-Dried Raw: Country Game
Brand: James & Ella

82.1/100Outstanding

Freeze-driedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Raw food with only the water taken out, so it lives in a cupboard and all three recipes reach our Outstanding band. Two keep to one animal at 80%, heart and liver counted inside that figure. There is a percentage against every entry, the premix included on Country Game.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want raw ingredients without the thawing, the drip trays or the freezer space
Dogs with small appetites and real energy needs, since a small measure carries a lot
Travelling households. A sealed bag goes where frozen food cannot
Dogs meeting an unusual meat: venison and pork share the Country Game bowl
Homes with dogs of different ages, all three listed from puppy to senior

Worth watching

Salmon at 1% on every label, so fish is in all three
Portions look small because the food is concentrated. Weigh them
No calcium figure on Country Game, where the other two print one

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

How this scores

How we score

82.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. Weigh each portion against the label rather than judging by eye, since 150 grams feeds a 15kg dog.

Food type

Freeze-dried

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Free-run Chicken 87.8
Grass-fed Beef 87.6
Country Game 82.1

All three Outstanding. Typical dry food: Good.

The chicken and beef sit a shade ahead of Country Game, so the choice is mostly which animal suits your dog.

What's in it

Duck, venison26% eachTwo animals share the top of the list.
Pork8%A third land animal.
Sweet potato, carrot, pea10% eachThe biggest plant share in the range.
Apple4.5%
Pumpkin, cranberry1% each
Salmon1%Omega 3 on a game recipe.
Vitamin & mineral pre-mix2.5%Named with a percentage, and dosed properly behind it.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with biotin, zinc as a chelate and selenium as selenised yeast, the form a dog takes up more readily.

No calcium figure on this label. For a large-breed puppy, ask the maker for it.

Three land animals plus salmon, so read it twice on a strict exclusion plan.

Named ingredients

Duck (26%), Venison (26%), Pork (8%), Sweet Potato (10%), Carrot (10%), Pea (10%), Apple (4.5%), Pumpkin (1%), Salmon (1%), Cranberry (1%), Vitamin & Mineral Pre-Mix (2.5%), Key ingredients highlighted on the page: Game (duck & venison), Pork, Sweet potato, Carrot, Peas, Apple, Pumpkin, Salmon, Cranberries

Against the range

Meat: Duck 26%, venison 26%, pork 8%; 80% of one animal on the other two.
Fibre: 8%; 2% on the chicken and beef.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: An estimated 21.1%; 11.6% on the chicken.
Moisture: 0.1%; 5% on the other two.

The game option for a dog that needs a new meat, with more vegetables in the bowl.

Freeze drying draws the water off as vapour, so nothing is cooked and 100 grams of any recipe carries 490 kcal. Every entry has a percentage. Salmon at 1% is on all three lists for omega 3, and sweet potato, carrot and peas do the carbohydrate work with small fruit behind them.

The chicken and beef are built to one plan: 80% of the named animal with heart and liver at 5% each counted inside it. Country Game splits its meat three ways and leans harder on plants. The supplement panel, with tocopherols and rosemary oil as antioxidants, is the same on all three.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

490 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

29%

Fibre

Ash

9.9%

Moisture

0.1%

Dry weight

Protein

32%

Fat

29%

Fibre

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

21.1%

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

61%

Carbs

20%

Veg

15.5%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size