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James Wellbeloved Adult Wet Dog Food Lamb, Chicken & Rice Mega Pack 48 Pouches
WetCompleteAdultContains grain
Good points
- Fresh meat, named by animal
- Includes organ meat
Worth knowing
- Dextrose (a sugar): −10 points
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: LAMB AND CHICKEN: chicken* 42% in the chunk** (heart, liver, necks), lamb* 34% in the chunk** (lung, trachea)… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 28.5%
- Protein, dry weight
- 29%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~34%
- kcal/100 g
- 81
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken in the chunk. 28.5% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 28.5%
- Grain 5.5%
- Plants 2%
- Other 0.4%
- No amount given 63.6%
LAMB AND CHICKEN: chicken* 42% in the chunk** (heart, liver, necks), lamb* 34% in the chunk** (lung, trachea), mix of white and brown rice (5.5%), dried carrots (1%, equivalent to carrots 7.3%), dried peas (1%, equivalent to peas 3.6%), minerals, oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.26%), dextrose, dried beet pulp, seaweed (0.11%), cellulose, tomato powder. *100% natural. **Chunk typically 37.5% of the product
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Nutritional Additives: Vitamin D3: 150 IU,Copper (Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate): 2.6 mg, Iron (Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate): 3.0 mg, Iodine (Calcium iodate, anhydrous): 0.23 mg, Manganese (Manganous sulphate, monohydrate): 1.8 mg, Vitamin E: 15.0 mg, Zinc (Zinc sulphate, monohydrate): 16.2 mg; Trace Elements: None stated
How we read this label
First ingredient: “chicken* 42% in the chunk**”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| chicken* 42% in the chunk** (heart, liver, necks) | Named meat | 15.8% |
| lamb* 34% in the chunk** (lung, trachea) | Named meat | 12.8% |
| mix of white and brown rice (5.5%) | Grain | 5.5% |
| dried carrots (1%, equivalent to carrots 7.3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| dried peas (1%, equivalent to peas 3.6%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.26%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.3% |
| dextrose | Other | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| seaweed (0.11%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| cellulose | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| tomato powder | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 29% and carbs about 34%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 5.3% | 29% |
| below the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 4.5% | 25% |
| Carbohydrate | ~6.2% | ~34% |
| above the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.6% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 1.4% | 7.8% |
| Moisture | 82% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Energy81 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 32
The kind of meat scored best (15 of 15). Meat scored lowest (11.6 of 45).
How much meat?
11.6 / 45 points- Meat on the label10 / 35 points
28.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.6 / 10 points
Protein is 29.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
8.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 34.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
7 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
15 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is named.
Points lost for ingredients: Dextrose (−10).
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other wet 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 ingredient costs 10 points: dextrose. 17 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 17 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- DextroseCosts 10 pointsFeed material (carbohydrate)
Why it costs points and sources
Added sugar is there for taste. Dogs have no need for it, and it adds calories without nutrition.
17 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, carrot, cellulose, chicken, lamb, minerals, oils and fats, peas, seaweed, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
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)Beet pulp, carrot, cellulose, chicken, lamb, minerals, oils and fats, peas, seaweed, tomato
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Cellulose, seaweed, tomato, manganese, zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- 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)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Mix of white and brown rice
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
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
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 24%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 12 x 90g | £9.89 | £9.16/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 48 x 90g | £28.29 | £6.55/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12 x 90g | £8.90 | £8.24/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 48 x 90g | £25.46 | £5.89/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12 x 90g | £8.00 | £7.41/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 48 x 90g | £25.46 | £5.89/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
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: Pets at Home.
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