James & Ella

James & Ella Kibble + Raw Puppy review

Name: James & Ella Kibble + Raw Puppy
Brand: James & Ella

67/100Good

DryPuppy

A turkey puppy kibble that shows its working, with the 60.5% meat headline broken into fresh turkey, meal, freeze-dried pieces and fat. Energy is declared at 430 kcal per 100g. It sits in our Good band, and the one real gap on the label is calcium.

View on Amazon

Affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate, Off the Leash earns from qualifying purchases.

Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies raised on one meat
Grain-free households: potato at 22.5% and sweet potato at 12% do the binding
Busy pups with energy to burn, at 430 kcal per 100g against the 376 a puppy kibble typically offers
Owners who want the meat headline broken down

Worth watching

No calcium figure. For a large or giant breed pup, ring the maker for the number
Salmon oil in the recipe, so it is not fish free

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

How this scores

How we score

67/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Portions climb while the frame fills out and ease as it finishes, so start from the bag's chart and let your pup's shape do the fine tuning.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

James & Ella Kibble + Raw Puppy 67.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Meat carries this one a little ahead of the typical puppy kibble, on a label doing several things competently.

What's in it

Freshly prepared free-range turkey24%
Turkey meal, freeze-dried turkey pieces23% and 8%Water already gone, so they carry more protein than their share suggests.
Turkey fat5.5%Same bird as the protein.
Potato, sweet potato, peas22.5%, 12% and 4%No cereal anywhere.
Vegetable gravyThe vaguest entry on the list.
Beet pulpGentle fibre.
Salmon oilMarine omega 3 for a growing brain and coat, and fish on the allergen picture.
Minerals, dried carrotcarrot 0.5%Equivalent to 4% fresh carrots.
Prebiotic MOS0.2%
Cranberry extract, blueberry powder, marigold meal, turmeric, spearmint0.015% each for the first twoGarnish.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iodine, selenium, copper, iron, manganese and zinc, all dosed, a little of it in chelated or yeast forms.

No calcium figure on the label. For a large or giant breed pup, ask the maker for it.

No moisture declared, so dry matter readings use the standard 8% for a kibble.

Named ingredients

Turkey 60.5% (Freshly Prepared Free-range Turkey 24%, Turkey Meal 23%, Freeze Dried Turkey Pieces 8%, Turkey Fat 5.5%), Potato (22.5%), Sweet Potato (12%), Peas (4%), Vegetable Gravy, 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-range turkey, Potato, Sweet potato, Peas, Carrot, Blueberry Powder, Cranberry Extract, Oils, Turmeric, Dried spearmint

Against the range

Turkey is the only meat, declared at 60.5% and split four ways, with the fat from the same bird. Potato, sweet potato and peas carry the starch with no cereal. The analysis stops at ash: no moisture and no calcium figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

430 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

19%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

34.7%

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

60.5%

Added water

0.1%

Carbs

38.6%

Veg

0.5%

Other

0.3%

Pricing & size