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James Wellbeloved Adult Grain Free Dry: Lamb & Vegetables review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Grain Free Dry: Lamb & Vegetables
Brand: James Wellbeloved

64.1/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Three bags in our Good band and the fish a step below in Average, all on one grain-free frame. What sets the range apart is the dried meat protein at the top of each label, so the meat figure you read is already concentrated. Potato and pea starch do the binding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off wheat, rice, oats and barley
Owners who want a meat figure they can trust on sight
Households that rotate proteins across fish, lamb and turkey on the same base
Smaller dogs. Their turkey bag carries the range's largest declared meat share
Older dogs on the fish, the lamb or the standard turkey, where the joint pair is printed

Worth watching

Fish oil in all four, so no bag is fish free
Poultry fat even in the lamb and fish, which rules out a strict single-animal trial
Starch carries a good deal of the fish and standard turkey; the lamb has more meat in the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

64.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with a small breed turkey for little mouths. The lamb is far richer than its siblings, so portion it carefully for a dog with a quiet routine.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 64.1
Turkey 57.3
Turkey 51.9
Fish 42.3

Four recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Same frame on every bag; the lamb's far richer declared analysis is what carries it highest, and the fish trails a step behind.

What's in it

Dried lamb protein25.5%Concentrated already, so the figure carries straight into the kibble.
Pea starch
Dried potatoes21.8%Stand in for the cereals.
Tomato pomace5%
Poultry fat, pea proteinThe fat names no bird, so this is not a lamb-only bag.
Whole linseed3.4%
Lamb gravy, dried peas, sugar beet pulp, alfalfa meal2.5%
Seaweed, dried carrots, minerals0.5% each
Fish oilMarine omega 3, and fish in a lamb bag.
Nettles, parsley, chicory extract, glucosamine, yucca, chondroitin0.1% down to 0.005%Joint pair printed at supporting amounts.

Iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium by trace element code, alongside vitamins A, D3 and E.

Named ingredients

Dried lamb protein* (25.5%), pea starch, dried potatoes* (21.8%), tomato pomace* (5%), poultry fat*, pea protein, whole linseed* (3.4%), lamb gravy, dried peas* (2.5%), sugar beet pulp*, alfalfa meal*, seaweed* (0.5%), dried carrots* (0.5%), minerals, fish oil, nettles*, parsley*, chicory extract* (0.1%), glucosamine (0.045%), yucca extract* (0.02%), chondroitin (0.005%). *Natural ingredient.

Against the range

Protein, as declared: 40.0%; 21.0% to 24.6% on the other three.
Fat, as declared: 20.0%; 10.8% to 13.1%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 23.5%; 46.2% to 53.1%.
Energy: 418 kcal per 100g; 349 to 362 kcal.

The outlier of the four and the head of the range on our scoring, so portion it with care.

Every bag opens with a dried meat protein, so the percentage is already what ends up in the kibble: 24.5% to 31.8% across the four. Dried potatoes and pea starch replace the cereals, and the carbohydrate stays: 52.8% and 53.1% of dry matter in the fish and standard turkey.

Poultry fat and fish oil run through all four recipes. Tomato pomace, whole linseed, seaweed and dried carrots sit behind the meat on each, with chicory extract and yucca in the small print. Glucosamine and chondroitin are printed on three labels; the small breed turkey leaves both off.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

418 kcal/100g

Protein

40%

Fat

20%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

8.8%

Dry weight

Protein

43.5%

Fat

21.7%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

9.6%

Carbs

23.5%

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

30.2%

Carbs

51.8%

Veg

7.6%

Oils

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size