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James Wellbeloved Adult Hypoallergenic - Chicken & Rice
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Dried chicken protein* (21.5%), naked oats*, brown rice* (13%), white rice* (13%), barley*… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 21.5%
- Protein
- Not on label
- Carbs, dry weight
- Not on label
- kcal/100 g
- Not on label
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%
Ingredients: 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
Additives
per kg: Vitamin D3 (1400 IU), copper [as copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate] (6mg), iron [as iron (II) sulphate monohydrate] (40mg), iodine [as calcium iodate anhydrous] (1.6mg), selenium [as sodium selenite] (0.19mg), vitamin A (15000 IU), vitamin E (165mg), anxtioxidants- tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils Vitamin E: 165 mg Antioxidants - tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils Technological additives:"
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Dried chicken protein*”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dried chicken protein* (21.5%) | Named meat | 21.5% |
| naked oats* | Grain | Not given |
| brown rice* (13%) | Grain | 13% |
| white rice* (13%) | Grain | 13% |
| barley* | Grain | Not given |
| whole linseed* (4.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4.5% |
| poultry fat* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| sugar beet pulp* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chicken gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| pea starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| alfalfa meal* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| seaweed* (0.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.5% |
| pea fibre* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| chicory extract* (0.1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
| yucca extract* (0.02%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.02% |
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Nutrition
The analysis as printed on the label.
As sold
Why it scores 33
Starch scored best (10 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
12.5 / 45 points- Meat on the label7.5 / 35 points
21.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level5 / 10 points
The label doesn’t give the protein and moisture we need: half marks.
How much starch?
10 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: The label doesn’t give enough of its analysis to estimate the carbohydrate: half marks.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
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
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 →Ingredient notes
1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 22 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 22 nothing flagged
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
22 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, tocopherols (vitamin E)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, barley, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, fish oil, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, oats, poultry fat, rice, seaweed
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, barley, chicory root extract, poultry fat, seaweed, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Pea fibre
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price has moved by less than 1% since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 15kg | £56.09 | £3.74/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 15kg | £110.49 | £3.68/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 15kg | £56.09 | £3.74/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 15kg | £110.49 | £3.68/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 15kg | £55.99 | £3.73/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 15kg | £110.49 | £3.68/kg |
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Sources
Matches the maker’s own page.
Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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