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James Wellbeloved Adult Grain Free Dry: Turkey & Veg Small Breed review

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

57.3/100Good

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

57.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

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

Small

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 protein31.8%The biggest declared meat share in the range.
Pea starch
Dried potatoes20%Pulled back from the standard bag.
Poultry fatUnnamed bird.
Tomato pomace, whole linseed3.5%, 3.2%
Turkey gravy, sugar beet pulp, dried peas, alfalfa meal2% for the peas
Seaweed, dried carrots, dried vegetarian stock, minerals0.5% each
Fish oilFish in a turkey bag.
Chicory extract, yucca extract0.1%, 0.02%

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

No glucosamine or chondroitin here, unlike the other three bags.

Named ingredients

Dried turkey protein* (31.8%), pea starch, dried potatoes* (20%), poultry fat*, tomato pomace* (3.5%), whole linseed* (3.2%), turkey gravy, sugar beet pulp*, dried peas* (2%), alfalfa meal*, seaweed* (0.5%), dried carrots* (0.5%), dried vegetarian stock, minerals, fish oil, chicory extract* (0.1%), yucca extract* (0.02%). *Natural ingredient.

Against the range

Meat: 31.8% dried turkey protein; 24.5% to 25.5% on the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 46.2%; 52.8% and 53.1% on the fish and standard turkey.
Joint pair, nettles, parsley: Not on this label; On all three others.

The strongest of the three lighter bags, and the meatiest label in the range.

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

362 kcal/100g

Protein

24.6%

Fat

13.1%

Fibre

Ash

8.8%

Dry weight

Protein

26.7%

Fat

14.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.6%

Carbs

46.2%

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

38.8%

Added water

1.9%

Carbs

43.2%

Veg

6.4%

Oils

5.8%

Other

3.8%