James Wellbeloved

James Wellbeloved Adult Light Dry: Lamb & Rice review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Light Dry: Lamb & Rice
Brand: James Wellbeloved

54.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's familiar rice, oat and barley base, led by a dried meat protein at 24% and paired with a feeding table for dogs that put weight on easily. Lamb and turkey each get a version, and both sit in our Good band. Neither is a strict weight-loss diet; both make a lighter everyday bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs prone to putting weight on
A lighter everyday bowl without a strict regime
Older or stiffer dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin on both labels
Dogs that get on with cereals
Any size from toy to giant

Worth watching

Fish oil in both, so neither is fish free
Poultry fat in the lamb bag as well as the turkey
Lamb carbohydrate at 52.8% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

54.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. For a 15kg dog the light table asks 170 to 185 grams a day; if weight is the reason you are buying, follow that figure.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Turkey 57.3
Lamb 54.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Light here means calories and portion size, not a different grade of recipe, and the feeding table does much of the work.

What's in it

Dried lamb protein24%Dried, so the figure is already the version that reaches the bowl.
BarleyThe first cereal in this bag.
Brown rice, white rice13% each
Pea protein, naked oatsPea protein sits unusually high here.
Sugar beet pulp, pea fibre, alfalfa mealFibre that helps a dog feel full between meals.
Whole linseed3.7%The plant form of omega 3.
Lamb gravy, minerals
Poultry fat, fish oilThe bird is never named, and the fish oil means it is not fish free.
Seaweed, nettles, parsley, chicory extract, yucca extractChicory at 0.11% brings inulin for the gut bacteria.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.045%, 0.005%The joint pair, printed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, iodine, iron, selenium, manganese and zinc as a glycine chelate at 100 mg.

Poultry fat sits in the lamb bag, so it cannot carry a lamb-only trial.

Named ingredients

Dried lamb protein* (24%), barley*, brown rice* (13%), white rice* (13%), pea protein, naked oats*, sugar beet pulp*, whole linseed* (3.7%), lamb gravy, poultry fat*, alfalfa meal*, pea fibre*, minerals, seaweed* (0.5%), fish oil, nettles*, parsley*, chicory extract* (0.11%), glucosamine (0.045%), yucca extract* (0.02%), chondroitin (0.005%). *Natural ingredient.

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 22%; 27.5% on the turkey
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 52.8%; 45.2% on the turkey
Lead cereal: Barley; Naked oats on the turkey

The lighter-protein bag of the two; the turkey carries more meat into the analysis.

Both bags lead with a dried meat protein at 24%, then 13% brown rice and 13% white rice with barley and naked oats. Sugar beet pulp, whole linseed, fish oil and the printed joint pair appear on both, and so does poultry fat. The light idea lives in the analysis and the smaller feeding table, with both under the 357 kcal typical of adult dry food. The turkey declares more protein and fat; the lamb carries more estimated carbohydrate.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350 kcal/100g

Protein

20.2%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

9.1%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

52.8%

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

27%

Carbs

66.2%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

1.1%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size