James Wellbeloved

James Wellbeloved Puppy/Junior Grain Free Dry: Turkey & Veg review

Name: James Wellbeloved Puppy/Junior Grain Free Dry: Turkey & Veg
Brand: James Wellbeloved

57.1/100Good

DryPuppy

The brand's puppy recipe with potato in place of rice, sitting in our Good band. Turkey is the one meat named, and the plant side is unusually well itemised. Going grain free has not lightened the starch load, which still runs close to the typical puppy kibble.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Grain-free households, with potato, sweet potato and pea starch carrying the carbohydrate
Owners keeping to turkey, the one species written on the list
Pups that like some variety, with tomato pomace, carrots and peas each dosed
A printed prebiotic: chicory extract at 0.25%

Worth watching

No calcium figure, the number you most want for a fast-growing large or giant pup
Made in a factory that handles grains and other protein sources

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

How this scores

How we score

57.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Owners of a large or giant breed have no calcium figure to work from; for everyone else, follow the bag's chart and the weekly weigh-in.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 57.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Much of the reading turns on what the panel leaves out: with no moisture or calcium printed, a fair slice of the label has to be assumed.

What's in it

Dried turkey protein25%Water gone before weighing, so the share reaches the kibble more or less as printed.
Dried potatoes25%Mostly starch: a straight swap for the usual rice.
Pea proteinPlant protein high on the list.
Poultry fatBetter than plain animal fat, though the bird is not named.
Sweet potato, pea starch6.5% sweet potato
Whole linseed3.2%Plant omega 3.
Turkey gravy
Tomato pomace, dried peas, dried carrots2.5%, 2% and 0.5%Carrots bring vitamin A.
Sugar beet pulp, alfalfa meal, seaweed0.5% seaweedFibre, with seaweed for minerals and iodine.
Minerals, fish oil, chicory extract, yucca extract0.25% chicoryFish oil is the marine omega 3; chicory the prebiotic.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with mostly standard mineral forms, zinc as a glycine chelate and selenium as sodium selenite.

No calcium figure on a food sold for puppies of every size, large and giant breeds included.

Made in a factory that handles grains, though the recipe itself has none.

Named ingredients

Dried turkey protein* (25%), dried potatoes* (25%), pea protein, poultry fat*, sweet potato* (6.5%), pea starch, whole linseed* (3.2%), turkey gravy, tomato pomace* (2.5%), dried peas* (2%), sugar beet pulp*, alfalfa meal*, seaweed* (0.5%), dried carrots* (0.5%), minerals, fish oil, chicory extract* (0.25%), yucca extract* (0.02%). *Natural ingredient.Produced in a factory that handles grains and other protein sources.

Against the range

One grain-free growth recipe. Dried turkey protein and dried potatoes open the list at 25% each, with pea protein, sweet potato and pea starch behind. The plant side is itemised and dosed further down, and omega 3 comes from linseed and fish oil.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

377 kcal/100g

Protein

29.5%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

32.1%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

38.7%

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

29.1%

Carbs

57.2%

Veg

4.8%

Oils

5.2%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size