James Wellbeloved

James Wellbeloved Adult Grain Free Dry: Turkey & Veg review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Grain Free Dry: Turkey & Veg
Brand: James Wellbeloved

51.9/100Good

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

51.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

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

Turkey

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 turkey protein24.5%A dried figure, worth more than fresh meat at the same percentage.
Pea starch
Dried potatoes24.4%Close behind the meat.
Poultry fatUnnamed bird.
Tomato pomace, dried peas, whole linseed5.1%, 3.6%, 3.1%
Turkey gravy, alfalfa meal, pea protein
Seaweed, chicory pulp, dried carrots, pea fibre, minerals0.5% each for seaweed and carrotsThe longest plant tail in the range.
Fish oilSo the bag is not fish free.
Nettles, parsley, chicory extract, glucosamine, yucca, chondroitin0.1% down to 0.005%

Zinc as a glycine chelate, selenium as sodium selenite, and copper, iron and manganese in sulphate and oxide forms.

Named ingredients

Dried turkey protein* (24.5%), pea starch, dried potatoes* (24.4%), poultry fat*, tomato pomace* (5.1%), dried peas* (3.6%), whole linseed* (3.1%), turkey gravy, alfalfa meal*, pea protein, seaweed* (0.5%), chicory pulp*, dried carrots* (0.5%), pea fibre*, minerals, fish oil, nettles*, parsley*, chicory extract* (0.1%), glucosamine (0.045%), yucca extract* (0.02%), chondroitin (0.005%). *Natural ingredient.

Against the range

Carbohydrate, dry matter: 53.1%; The heaviest starch load of the four.
Plant tail: Chicory pulp, pea fibre, dried peas at 3.6%; Shorter on the others.
Protein, as declared: 21.4%; Small breed turkey 24.6%, lamb 40.0%.

The starchiest bag here; for more turkey in the bowl the small breed version carries the bigger share.

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

351 kcal/100g

Protein

21.4%

Fat

10.8%

Fibre

3.7%

Ash

7.3%

Dry weight

Protein

23.3%

Fat

11.7%

Fibre

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

53.1%

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

31.5%

Carbs

48.8%

Veg

10.3%

Oils

5.7%

Other

3.7%

Pricing & size