James Wellbeloved

James Wellbeloved Senior Wet Food: Turkey In Gravy Grain Free review

Name: James Wellbeloved Senior Wet Food: Turkey In Gravy Grain Free
Brand: James Wellbeloved

48.6/100Average

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

The brand's gravy pouch, adjusted for older dogs with a little glucosamine, more vitamin E and a printed dose of DL-methionine. Turkey leads three recipes and the fourth is chicken with lamb trachea. The turkey and rice pouch reaches our Good band; the other three sit a step lower in Average.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs who now find firmer food hard work
Owners who want glucosamine in the bowl, printed at 0.02% on every label
Turkey-fed dogs, since three of the four are led by it
Any build, with a feeding guide running from 5kg up to 55kg
A senior and a younger dog fed side by side. The range is labelled for adult and senior

Worth watching

Glucosamine this low is a gentle inclusion, so keep any joint dose your vet has set
Unnamed oils and fats on every label, which rules the range out of a strict elimination diet
The turkey, lamb and chicken pouch prints a turkey-only list. Check the pack if those animals matter

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

How this scores

How we score

48.6/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Protein is moderate at 27.8% to 31.6% of dry matter, worth watching in a dog that needs it kept up.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 51.6
Turkey In Gravy Grain Free 48.6
James Wellbeloved Senior Wet Food 46.8
Turkey 46.8

Four recipes across Good and Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Quality barely moves across the four, so the choice is about the animal and the starch, with the plain turkey and rice pouch just ahead.

What's in it

Turkey: necks, heart, deboned ground turkey, liver71% in the chunkThe chunk is 42% of the pouch here, larger than on the others.
Pea protein, pea starchStand in for rice, and the pea protein lifts the protein figure.
Dried carrots, dried potatoes, dried peas1% eachEqual to carrots 7.3%, potatoes 4.0% and peas 3.5% fresh.
Oils and fatsUnnamed, apart from linseed oil at 0.26%.
Dried beet pulp, dextrose, minerals
Seaweed0.12%
Cellulose, tomato powder
Glucosamine by fermentation0.02%

Each entry dosed, with vitamin E at 25.0 mg and DL-methionine at 291 mg per kilo, and lighter trace minerals than the rice recipes.

Named ingredients

Turkey* 71% in the chunk (necks, heart, deboned ground turkey, liver), pea protein, pea starch, dried carrots (1%, equivalent to carrots 7.3%), dried potatoes (1%, equivalent to potatoes 4.0%), dried peas (1%, equivalent to peas 3.5%), oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.26%), dried beet pulp, dextrose, minerals, seaweed (0.12%), cellulose, tomato powder, glucosamine by fermentation (0.02%). *100% natural. Chunk typically 42% of the product.

Against the range

Base: Pea protein and pea starch; White and brown rice on the other three.
Protein, dry matter: 31.6%; 27.8% on the others.
Energy: 79.1 kcal per 100g; 75 kcal on the others.

The highest protein of the four, for an older dog that needs it kept up.

Every recipe is soft chunks in gravy, and the meat percentages describe the chunk, which is 37.5% or 42% of the pouch. Inside it the parts are named: necks, hearts, livers and deboned ground meat. All four add glucosamine by fermentation at 0.02%, plus dosed DL-methionine and vitamin E.

The base is what varies. Three take white and brown rice at 5.5%; the grain free turkey uses pea protein and pea starch with dried potatoes. Oils and fats, dextrose and cellulose sit on every label, the oils and fats unnamed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

79.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

4.2%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.6%

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

31.6%

Fat

22.1%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

8.4%

Carbs

33.7%

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

40.8%

Carbs

1.1%

Veg

0.6%

Other

57.4%

Pricing & size