James Wellbeloved Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken & Rice

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James Wellbeloved Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken & Rice

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
22/ 100
WeakTied 889th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 52% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Dried Chicken Protein* (21.5%), Naked Oats*, Brown Rice* (13%), White Rice* (13%), Barley*… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
21.5%
Protein, dry weight
25%
Carbs, dry weight
~52%
kcal/100 g
364

Ingredients

Listed first: Dried Chicken Protein. 21.5% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 21.5%
  • Grain 26%
  • Plants 4.5%
  • Other 0.6%
  • No amount given 47.4%

Dried Chicken Protein* (21.5%), Naked Oats*, Brown Rice* (13%), White Rice* (13%), Barley*, Whole Linseed* (4.5%), Poultry Fat*, Sugar Beet Pulp*, Chicken Gravy, Pea Starch, Alfalfa Meal*, Minerals, Seaweed* (0.5%), Pea Fibre*, Fish Oil, Chicory Extract* (0.1%), Yucca Extract* (0.02%). *Natural Ingredient.

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Dried Chicken Protein*”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Dried Chicken Protein* (21.5%)Named meat21.5%
Naked Oats*GrainNot given
Brown Rice* (13%)Grain13%
White Rice* (13%)Grain13%
Barley*GrainNot given
Whole Linseed* (4.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant4.5%
Poultry Fat*Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Sugar Beet Pulp*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Chicken GravyFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Pea StarchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Alfalfa Meal*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Seaweed* (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Pea Fibre*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Fish OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Chicory Extract* (0.1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.1%
Yucca Extract* (0.02%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.02%

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Nutrition

Protein 25% and carbs about 52%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein22.7%25%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat11.6%13%
Carbohydrate~47%~52%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3%3.3%
Ash5.9%6.6%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy364 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 22

The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Starch scored lowest (2.7 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    8.4 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label7.5 / 35 points

      21.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.9 / 10 points

      Protein is 25.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    2.7 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 52% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.

  4. What kind of meat?

    6 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed6 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal, which earns 50% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Tied 889th of 1,171 dry foods. 45 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 52% to 32% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 15 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 15 nothing flagged
15 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, barley, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, fish oil, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, oats, pea fibre, poultry fat, rice, seaweed, starch

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Pets at Home15kg · £55.99 up 11% since 10 Aug15kg£55.99£3.73/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Pets at Home2kg · £10.69 up 11% since 10 Aug2kg£10.69£5.34/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home15kg£55.99£3.73/kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home2kg£10.69£5.34/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home15kg£50.39£3.36/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home2kg£9.62£4.81/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home15kg£50.39£3.36/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home2kg£9.62£4.81/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 27 to 38 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 21.5%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 52%
To feed
21% more per 1,000 kcal

+38 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 21.5%
Carbs
about 27% this food about 52%
To feed
24% more per 1,000 kcal

+35 pointsCompare

Meat
73% this food 21.5%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 52%
To feed
about the same per 1,000 kcal

+35 pointsCompare

Meat
59% this food 21.5%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 52%
To feed
57% less per 1,000 kcal

+27 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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