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James Wellbeloved Adult Wet Loaf Cans: Turkey & Rice review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Wet Loaf Cans: Turkey & Rice
Brand: James Wellbeloved

51.5/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Three of these four cans reach our Excellent band, and the turkey can sits a band lower in Good. The format is the point: a firm, sliceable loaf for a dog that wants something to bite, with chicken or turkey printed at 50%. Two of the four are multipacks of three recipes, one on rice and one on potato.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that prefer a firm loaf to pieces in sauce
Half the can from one animal, printed at 50% on the single-flavour cans
Variety in one box: two multipacks of three recipes each
Grain-avoiding dogs, through the grain free box with potato in place of rice
Adults of any build, as the feeding guide runs from a 5kg dog to a 55kg one

Worth watching

An unspecified oils and fats entry, which matters if you are excluding one animal fat
A chicken and lamb can in both multipacks, so a lamb-free dog cannot take either box whole
The turkey can's printed ingredients describe a chunk in gravy recipe, so check the tin in your hand

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

How this scores

How we score

51.5/100Good

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Carbohydrate converts to an estimated 23.5% of dry matter on three cans, above the 15.8% typical for adult wet food, so the grain free box is the one for a dog kept lower in starch.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 74.7
Chicken 73.3
Turkey 72.8
Turkey 51.5

Four recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Three cans sit where a meat-first can should, and only the turkey can, held back by its protein and processing reading, falls a band.

What's in it

Turkey in the chunk (necks, heart, deboned ground turkey, liver)71% in the chunkThe chunk is typically 42% of the product, so the turkey share of the whole can is far lower.
Pea starch
Dried carrots, dried potatoes, dried peas1% eachEquivalent to 7.3%, 4% and 3.5% fresh.
Oils and fats (including linseed oil)linseed 0.26%Source unnamed.
Dried beet pulp, dextroseDextrose is a sugar.
Minerals, pea protein
Seaweed0.12%
Cellulose, tomato powder

Vitamin D3, vitamin E, copper, manganese and zinc, each dosed per kilo.

This list describes a chunk in gravy recipe, not a loaf. Read the tin in your hand before assuming they match.

Named ingredients

Turkey* 71% in the chunk (necks, heart, deboned ground turkey, liver), pea starch, 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 0.26%), dried beet pulp, dextrose, minerals, pea protein, seaweed (0.12%), cellulose, tomato powder. *100% natural. Chunk typically 42% of the product.

Against the range

Meat: Turkey 50% on the loaf; Chicken 50% on the other single can.
Protein and processing: Poor; Excellent on the other three.
Band: Good; Excellent on the other three.

If chicken has begun to pall, or your dog reacts to it, turkey is the pick of the two single cans.

The single-flavour loaves open with one named animal at 50%, half the tin before anything else is counted. The plant side is small and printed: rice at 4%, carrots at 3.5%, peas and dried beet pulp at 0.5% each, with potato starch holding the loaf. Oils and fats is the one vague line, though the linseed oil inside it is declared.

The grain free box swaps rice for dried potatoes and spells out the offal. The added panel is the same short, dosed set on every can, and the analysis barely moves: protein at 37.5% of dry matter on three cans, 39.5% on the grain free box.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

89.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

7.5%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

1.9%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

37.5%

Fat

27.5%

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

23.5%

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

40.8%

Carbs

1.1%

Veg

58.1%

Pricing & size