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James Wellbeloved Plant Power Adult: Lamb review

Name: James Wellbeloved Plant Power Adult: Lamb
Brand: James Wellbeloved

49.1/100Average

DryAdult

The brand's usual order turned round, with oats sharing the top of the list with lamb. Pea protein and lentils take on part of the meat's job, so it lands in our Average band. For an owner choosing a plant-forward bowl on purpose, it delivers what the front of the bag promises.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners reducing the animal share while keeping a named meat, with dried lamb protein at 16%
A dog that has always been fine on cereals
Households that like the plant side spelled out, fresh and dried weights both
Adults of every size from one bag
Steady, moderately active dogs

Worth watching

Not vegetarian: lamb, poultry fat and fish oil are all listed
Pea protein high up, and plant protein trails meat for digestibility
Carbohydrate around 51.8% of dry matter
No glucosamine or chondroitin, so an older dog's joint support needs adding separately

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

How this scores

How we score

49.1/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults from toy to giant. The table asks 205 to 225 grams a day at 15kg; the waistline settles where in that your dog sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 49.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The reading measures how much of the bowl comes from plants; it says nothing against how carefully the food is made.

What's in it

Naked oats16%A hulless oat, so more of the grain survives.
Dried lamb protein16%The one named meat.
Barley13.3%
Brown rice, white rice13% each
Pea proteinA refined plant protein fraction, where the name comes from.
Poultry fatPlant forward, not plant only.
Lentils4%Low in starch for a legume, high in fibre.
Whole linseed, lamb gravy3.9% linseed
Sugar beet pulp, alfalfa meal, minerals, peas, seaweed, carrotsdried peas 0.7%, dried carrots 0.5%Vegetables declared at dried and fresh weight.
Fish oil, chicory extract, yucca extract0.1% and 0.02%

A generous vitamin panel, vitamin A at 17400 IU and vitamin E at 191 mg, with zinc as a glycine chelate.

Named ingredients

Naked oats* (16%), dried lamb protein* (16%), barley* (13.3%), brown rice* (13%), white rice* (13%), pea protein, poultry fat*, lentils* (4%), whole linseed* (3.9%), lamb gravy, sugar beet pulp*, alfalfa meal*, minerals, peas* (including dried peas 0.7%, equivalent to peas 2.5%), seaweed* (0.5%), carrots* (including dried carrots 0.5%, equivalent to carrots 4%), fish oil, chicory extract* (0.1%), yucca extract* (0.02%). *Natural ingredient.

Against the range

A single plant-forward adult recipe: naked oats and dried lamb protein at 16% each, then barley and two rices, with pea protein and lentils doing some of the work meat usually does. Lamb, poultry fat and fish oil all stay on the label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

357 kcal/100g

Protein

22.6%

Fat

11.2%

Fibre

3.1%

Ash

7.4%

Dry weight

Protein

24.6%

Fat

12.2%

Fibre

3.4%

Ash

Carbs

51.8%

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

19.7%

Carbs

71.1%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size