James Wellbeloved

James Wellbeloved Adult Wet Loaf Cans: Turkey, Lamb & Chicken Grain Free review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Wet Loaf Cans: Turkey, Lamb & Chicken Grain Free
Brand: James Wellbeloved

72.8/100Excellent

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.

View on Amazon

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

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

72.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

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

Chicken can: chicken (deboned ground chicken, heart, liver, gizzard)50%Offal spelled out.
Turkey can: turkey (heart, deboned ground turkey, liver)50%
Chicken and lamb can: chicken, lamb lung26% and 14%The lamb here is lung.
Dried potatoes1.5% (3% on chicken and lamb)Equivalent to 6% and 12% fresh potato. It takes the place of rice.
Carrots2%
Minerals, peas, dried beet pulppeas and beet pulp 0.5% each
Potato starch
Oils and fats (including linseed oil)linseed 0.2%Unnamed source.
Alfalfa, seaweedalfalfa 0.1%

Vitamin D3, vitamin E, copper, manganese and zinc, dosed the same on every can.

Lamb lung is in one of the three recipes.

Named ingredients

Multipack of three recipes. Chicken: chicken* 50% (deboned ground chicken, heart, liver, gizzard), carrots (2%), dried potatoes (including dried potatoes 1.5%, equivalent to potatoes 6%), minerals, peas (0.5%), dried beet pulp (0.5%), potato starch, oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.2%), alfalfa (0.1%), seaweed. Turkey: turkey* 50% (heart, deboned ground turkey, liver), carrots (2%), dried potatoes (including dried potatoes 1.5%, equivalent to potatoes 6%), minerals, peas (0.5%), dried beet pulp (0.5%), potato starch, oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.2%), alfalfa (0.1%), seaweed. Chicken & Lamb: chicken* 26% (deboned ground chicken, liver), lamb lung* 14%, dried potatoes (including dried potatoes 3%, equivalent to potatoes 12%), carrots (2%), oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.2%), minerals, peas (0.5%), dried beet pulp (0.5%), potato starch, alfalfa (0.1%), seaweed. *100% natural.

Against the range

Grain: None; dried potatoes; Rice at 4% on the other three.
Animal content (our estimate): 56.2%; Highest of the four.
Protein, dry matter: 39.5%; 37.5% on the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 19.0%; 23.5% on the others.

The most meat and the least starch in the range, for a dog that does better without grain.

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

85.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

7.5%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

39.5%

Fat

28.9%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

10.5%

Carbs

19%

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

56.2%

Carbs

1.2%

Veg

42.6%

Pricing & size