Josera

Josera Lamb & Rice review

Name: Josera Lamb & Rice
Brand: Josera

53.9/100Good

DryAdult

A plain recipe of the old-fashioned kind, with rice and dried lamb protein making up most of the bag between them. The list runs to seven entries, and for some dogs that is the whole appeal. The rice is what keeps it in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do better on lamb than on the commoner meats
Tracking down a trigger, with so little on the label
A digestion that has settled on rice
Large dogs too: the feeding guide climbs to 80kg
Owners who like taurine spelled out, at 1000 mg/kg

Worth watching

Poultry fat as the added fat, so bird is in the bowl alongside the lamb
Protein at 22.8% of dry matter, on the gentle side for a dry food
No calcium figure on the label, so it does not cover a growing dog

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

How this scores

How we score

53.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. The label's guide is written for a less active dog, so read it against your own dog's condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Josera Lamb & Rice 53.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The amount of rice holds it in Good, not anything about the lamb.

What's in it

Rice53.0%Gentle and easy to digest, but starch first. Carbohydrate reaches 53.2% of dry matter.
Lamb protein, dried25.0%Already dry, so a quarter of the recipe is concentrated lamb. Few dogs meet it often.
Beet fibreKeeps stools firm.
Poultry fatNames no species, and puts bird in a lamb recipe. A strict elimination trial has to allow for it.
Yeast, partially hydrolysedEasier to absorb, and adds savour.
Carob mealA little sweetness, and it helps bind the biscuit.
Minerals

A full B vitamin set with A, D3 and E, taurine, and iron, iodine, manganese and selenium, with zinc and copper as glycine chelates.

Poultry fat is on the list, so lamb is the only named meat but not the only animal.

Named ingredients

Rice 53.0 %; lamb protein (dried) 25.0 %; beet fibre; poultry fat; yeast (partially hydrolysed); carob meal; minerals.

Against the range

Seven entries in all: rice at 53.0%, dried lamb protein at 25.0%, then beet fibre, poultry fat, partially hydrolysed yeast, carob meal and minerals. Lamb is the only named meat, and the added nutrients are all printed with a dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

352.6 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

11%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.4%

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

53.2%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size