James Wellbeloved

James Wellbeloved Adult Small Breed Dry: Chicken & Rice review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Small Breed Dry: Chicken & Rice
Brand: James Wellbeloved

56/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

James Wellbeloved's rice and oat kibble, shrunk to a size a small mouth can manage. A dried meat makes up about a quarter of each bag, and the list is short enough to read to the end. The lamb is built differently, with no poultry on it. Chicken, lamb and turkey make our Good band; the fish sits a step below in Average.

Find it on Amazon

Affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate, Off the Leash earns from qualifying purchases.

Our view

Likely to suit

Small and toy breeds, with a kibble made to their scale
Owners who read the list first: a named dried meat opens every bag
Cereal-friendly dogs, with naked oats, barley and two rices carrying the starch
Poultry-free homes, in the lamb
Fussier small dogs. Meat gravy and vegetarian stock work on flavour

Worth watching

Fish oil on every list, so none is fish free
Poultry fat on the chicken, fish and turkey never names its bird
No glucosamine or chondroitin on any label, if joint support is what you came for
Cereal outweighs meat in each bag

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

How this scores

How we score

56/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed adults. Feed from the label's small-dog figures, around 145 to 160 grams a day for a 10kg dog, and adjust by condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Turkey 58.1
Lamb 57.9
Chicken 56.0
Fish 46.8

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

Chicken, lamb and turkey sit close enough that the meat should decide it; cereal outweighing meat is what stops the range going higher.

What's in it

Dried chicken protein26.5%Dried, so the share holds its size through the oven.
Naked oats
Brown rice, white rice13% each
Barley
Poultry fatNo bird named.
Sugar beet pulpSoluble and insoluble fibre, sugar already out.
Whole linseed3.9%Plant omega 3.
Chicken gravy, dried vegetarian stockFlavour, for a small dog who takes persuading.
Alfalfa, tomato pomace, minerals, seaweed, carrots0.5% seaweed
Fish oil, chicory extract, yucca extract0.1% chicory, 0.02% yuccaFish oil adds marine omega 3; chicory brings inulin.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, iodine, iron, selenium and manganese, and zinc as a glycine chelate a dog takes up more readily than a plain sulphate.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken protein* (26.5%), naked oats*, brown rice* (13%), white rice* (13%), barley*, poultry fat*, sugar beet pulp*, whole linseed* (3.9%), chicken gravy, alfalfa meal*, tomato pomace*, minerals, seaweed* (0.5%), dried carrots*, dried vegetarian stock, fish oil, chicory extract* (0.1%), yucca extract* (0.02%). *Natural ingredient.

Against the range

Meat: Dried chicken protein 26.5%; Level with the turkey; 24% fish, 26% lamb meal.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 47.3%; The highest of the four; the lamb is 43.8%.
Energy: 371 kcal per 100g; 361 to 366 on the others.

One of the two largest meat shares, with gravy to tempt a reluctant small eater.

Each bag opens with a dried meat at around a quarter of the recipe, then a run of rice, oats and barley, so cereal fills more of each bag than meat. Sugar beet pulp, alfalfa and tomato pomace handle fibre, chicory extract adds inulin, and seaweed covers iodine. Fish oil is on all four lists.

Chicken, fish and turkey share one pattern with the meat swapped and poultry fat behind it. The lamb is written differently: lamb meal and white rice lead, and lamb fat with sunflower oil takes the place of poultry fat. No label prints glucosamine or chondroitin.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371 kcal/100g

Protein

25.6%

Fat

13.3%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

6.6%

Dry weight

Protein

27.8%

Fat

14.5%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

47.3%

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

29.6%

Added water

0.4%

Carbs

59.1%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

3.7%

Other

4.3%