James & Ella

James & Ella Kibble + Raw Adult: Free-run Chicken review

Name: James & Ella Kibble + Raw Adult: Free-run Chicken
Brand: James & Ella

67.5/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free kibble with freeze-dried raw pieces folded through at 8%, for owners who like the idea of raw without the freezer. Country Game reaches our Excellent band; the chicken and beef sit just behind in Good. Every recipe names and counts its meat on the pack.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners curious about raw who want to keep to a scoop and a bowl
Active dogs, with protein at 33.7% of dry matter or better
Dogs kept off grain
Rotation feeding, as only the animal changes
Owners who want the species named and counted

Worth watching

Salmon oil in all three, the chicken and beef included
Rich, energy-dense food, so let the waistline set a quiet dog's portion
Four animals in the Country Game

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

How this scores

How we score

67.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. The calories run high, so weigh portions for a steady eater with a quiet routine.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Country Game 73.3
Grass-Fed Beef 68.4
Free-run Chicken 67.5

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

What separates the three is small, with the Country Game's lower carbohydrate edging it ahead and transparency Outstanding on every bag.

What's in it

Freshly prepared chicken24%
Chicken meal23%
Freeze-dried chicken pieces8%
Chicken fat, chicken gravy5.5%, 2.5%The same bird all the way through.
Potato, sweet potato21.2%, 6.4%Starch shares printed, which few labels do.
Peas4%
Beet pulp, salmon oil, mineralsSalmon oil is the only fish.
Dried carrot, prebiotic MOS0.5%, 0.2%
Cranberry, blueberry, marigold, turmeric, spearmint

Vitamins and trace minerals mostly as oxides and sulphates, with a small chelated zinc entry and selenium from two sources.

Named ingredients

Chicken 63% (Freshly Prepared Chicken 24%, Chicken Meal 23%, Freeze Dried Chicken Pieces 8%, Chicken Fat 5.5%, Chicken Gravy 2.5%), Potato (21.2%), Sweet Potato (6.4%), Peas (4%), Beet Pulp, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Dried Carrot (0.5%, Equivalent to 4% Carrots), Prebiotic MOS (0.2%), Cranberry Extract (0.015%), Blueberry Powder (0.015%), Marigold Meal, Turmeric, Dried Spearmint. Key ingredients highlighted on the page: Free-run chicken, Potato, Sweet potato, Peas, Dried carrot, Blueberry powder, Cranberry extract, Salmon oil, Turmeric, Dried spearmint

Against the range

Meat: 63% chicken; 60% in the other two.
Protein, dry matter: 33.7%; 37.0% in the other two.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 34.8%; The highest of the three.

The cleanest of the three for a dog kept to one land animal.

Each recipe declares 60% or more named animal content, split between a dried meat meal, freshly prepared meat and freeze-dried raw pieces at 8% added after cooking. Potato, sweet potato and peas at 4% do the binding, with no grain on any list.

Salmon oil runs through all three. Protein converts to 33.7% to 37.0% of dry matter and carbohydrate to 29.2% to 34.8%, on an assumed 8% moisture since no label declares it. None of the three prints a calcium figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

410 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

20.1%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

34.8%

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

60.8%

Added water

2.5%

Carbs

34.2%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

0.7%

Other

1.3%