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James Wellbeloved Puppy Pouches: Lamb & Chicken In Gravy Grain Free review

Name: James Wellbeloved Puppy Pouches: Lamb & Chicken In Gravy Grain Free
Brand: James Wellbeloved

49.6/100Average

WetPuppy

Flavour

Growth pouches that itemise the chunk, and all four sit in our Average band. The label tells you the chunk's share of the pouch and then names every part inside it. Calcium sits at 1.39% of dry matter, inside the range growing bones work to.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies heading for large or giant size, with calcium inside the growth range
Owners who like the chunk broken down by part
Topping up a kibble bowl, since 82.0% moisture brings water and appeal together
Moving between grain free and rice without changing range

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at 30.0% to 35.5% of dry matter, well above the 13.6% typical of a wet puppy food
Dextrose in every recipe, a simple sugar in a growth food
An oils and fats heading that names only the linseed

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

How this scores

How we score

49.6/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. A pup's needs shift week by week, so work from the pack's feeding guide and adjust to the shape your pup holds.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 49.6
Turkey In Gravy Grain Free 49.6
Lamb 48.1
Turkey 48.1

All four Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All four sit in Average, held back by carbohydrate and processing even though the meat behind the gravy is real.

What's in it

Chicken in the chunk: heart, liver, deboned ground chicken44%The larger meat, despite the lamb on the front.
Lamb in the chunk: trachea, kidney28%Percentages are of the chunk, which is about 42% of the pouch.
Pea starchThe binder in the grain free pair.
Dried carrots, dried peas, dried potatoes1% eachEach printed with its fresh equivalent, up to 7.3% for the carrots.
Oils and fatsA broad heading; only linseed oil is named, at 0.26%.
Minerals, pea protein, dried beet pulp
DextroseA simple sugar, in a small quantity.
Seaweed0.12%Minerals and iodine.
Cellulose, tomato powderCellulose is a fibre powder, not whole plant fibre.

Vitamin D3 and E with copper, iodine, iron, manganese and zinc, each with a dose against it.

Chicken is the larger part of the chunk. Not one for a pup that must avoid chicken.

Named ingredients

Chicken* 44% in the chunk (heart, liver, deboned ground chicken), lamb* 28% in the chunk (trachea, kidney), pea starch, dried carrots (1%, equivalent to carrots 7.3%), dried potatoes (1%, equivalent to potatoes 4.0%), dried peas (1%, equivalent to peas 3.6%), oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.26%), minerals, pea protein, dried beet pulp, dextrose, seaweed (0.12%), cellulose, tomato powder. *100% natural. Chunk typically 42% of the product.

Against the range

Meat in the chunk: Chicken 44%, lamb 28%; Turkey only, at 76%, on the turkey pair.
Chunk share: 42% of the pouch; 37.5% on the rice pouches.
Protein, dry matter: 34.4%; 30.6% on the rice pouches.

Read it as chicken with lamb, and choose it for a pup that is fine with both.

Four chunk in gravy pouches: two led by turkey and two by a chicken and lamb chunk, each made grain free or with rice. The label states how much of each pouch is chunk, then breaks the chunk into named parts, heart, liver, kidney and necks among them, so the meat percentages describe the chunk, not the pouch.

Calcium converts to 1.39% of dry matter in every recipe. Dextrose, cellulose and an oils and fats heading run through all four.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

75.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

6.2%

Fat

4.1%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.6%

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

34.4%

Fat

22.8%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

30%

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

41.1%

Carbs

1.1%

Veg

57.7%

Pricing & size