James Wellbeloved Puppy Dry: Fish & Rice review

1. Chicken 64.4
2. Turkey 58.6
3. Lamb 57.4
4. Fish 49.5

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

Three bags sit level with the typical puppy food; the fish's smaller meat share puts it a step behind, and modest meat shares hold protein and processing back across the range.

• Dried fish protein20.5%The smallest meat share of the four. No species named.
• White rice16%
• Barley, brown riceunstated, 13.4%Barley only in this bag.
• Pea protein, poultry fatPoultry fat brings a bird into the fish bag.
• Fish oil, fish stockStock carries the flavour here.
• Whole linseed3.6%
• Dried peas, minerals, alfalfa meal
• Seaweed0.5%
• Chicory pulp, chicory extract, yucca extractunstated, 0.25%, 0.02%Chicory pulp adds a little more fibre than the others carry.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, iron, zinc as a glycine chelate and manganese, each dosed.

Calcium converts to 1.63% of dry matter. For a pup heading for 30kg or more, ask your vet about portions.

Meat

Dried fish protein 20.5%

Smallest; up to 30% on the chicken.

Grains

White rice, barley, brown rice

Naked oats in place of barley elsewhere.

Fat, dry matter

17.4%

Same as the lamb; 16% on the chicken.

The pick for a pup that does better on fish, with the smallest meat share of the range.

Four bags on one frame: a named dried meat protein first, then rice with naked oats or barley, then pea protein. Poultry fat is the added fat in all four, and no bird is named.

Whole linseed at 3.5% to 3.9% and fish oil sit on every list, so plant and marine omega 3 arrive together. Chicory extract at 0.25% and seaweed at 0.5% close each label. Only the lead protein changes.

Price per kilo

£5.06 (RRP)

Pack

2kg, 8kg

A 15kg dog eats (our estimate)

195 to 240 g a day, 220 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£1.11

The price runs a little ahead of what the analysis shows.