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James Wellbeloved Adult Pouches: Lamb & Chicken In Gravy Grain Free review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Pouches: Lamb & Chicken In Gravy Grain Free
Brand: James Wellbeloved

47/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Seven chunks-in-gravy pouches, all in our Average band, and more open about their meat than most gravy pouches. The animal parts are named and the chunk arithmetic is printed. Starch is the ceiling: a gravy carries more of it than a plain meat tray.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs who want sauce with their meat
Owners who want hearts, livers, necks, lung and trachea named, not folded into derivatives
Turkey-fed dogs. Five of the seven recipes are led by turkey
Small dogs, with a small-breed turkey and rice pouch
Grain-avoiding households, as three recipes use pea starch and no cereal
Rotation feeders, since the construction holds steady while the animal and starch change

Worth watching

The meat figures describe the chunk, which is typically 37.5% or 42% of the pouch
Oils and fats names no animal, which a strict elimination diet needs
Dextrose on every list, in the small amounts a gravy needs
Carbohydrate between 29.1% and 37.9% of dry matter, against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food

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

How this scores

How we score

47/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with one pouch made for small breeds. The pouch sold as turkey, lamb and chicken prints turkey alone, so read the pack in your hand if lamb or chicken matters.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Turkey In Gravy Superfoods 49.3
Turkey 48.1
Lamb 47.9
Turkey 47.9
Turkey 47.1
Lamb 47.0
Turkey In Gravy Grain Free 47.0

All seven Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Seven pouches finishing close together, so pick on your dog's animal and your view on grain.

What's in it

Chicken (heart, deboned ground chicken, liver)42% of the chunkThe chunk is typically 42% of the pouch.
Lamb (trachea, lung)31% of the chunk
Pea starch, pea proteinThe grain-free base. Pea protein lifts the protein figure without adding meat.
Minerals
Dried carrots, dried potatoes, dried peas1% eachFresh equivalents printed beside them.
Oils and fatslinseed oil 0.24%No animal named.
Dried beet pulp, dextrose, celluloseCellulose is a plain bulker.
Seaweed, tomato powder0.12% seaweed

Vitamin D3 and E with copper, iodine, iron, manganese and zinc, each dosed.

Named ingredients

Chicken* 42% in the chunk (heart, deboned ground chicken, liver), lamb* 31% in the chunk (trachea, lung), pea starch, pea protein, minerals, dried carrots (1%, equivalent to carrots 7.3%), dried potatoes (1%, equivalent to potatoes 4%), dried peas (1%, equivalent to peas 3.5%), oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.24%), dried beet pulp, dextrose, cellulose, seaweed (0.12%), tomato powder. *100% natural. Chunk typically 42% of the product.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 42%, lamb 31% of the chunk; Turkey leads five of the seven.
Base: Pea starch and pea protein; Rice on four of the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 37.9%; Joint highest; the Superfoods is 29.1%.

The grain-free way into the lamb side of the range.

Every pouch is a meaty chunk in gravy, with the meat declared as a share of the chunk and the chunk as a share of the pouch, typically 37.5% or 42%. The animal parts are named: hearts, livers, necks and deboned ground meat, with trachea and lung on the lamb recipes. Oils and fats names no animal on any label, though the linseed oil inside it carries a figure.

The base is what varies. Three recipes are grain free on pea starch, some with pea protein; the rest use white and brown rice or rice flour. Dextrose and cellulose appear across the range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

78.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

5.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

28.9%

Fat

21.1%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

7.9%

Carbs

37.9%

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

41.4%

Carbs

1.1%

Veg

57.4%

Pricing & size