James Wellbeloved Grain Free Senior Dry Dog Food Turkey & Veg

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James Wellbeloved Grain Free Senior Dry Dog Food Turkey & Veg

DryCompleteSeniorGrain-freeFish oil
21/ 100
WeakTied 934th 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 55% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Pea Starch, Dried Potatoes* (24%), Dried Turkey Protein* (23.5%), Tomato Pomace* (5%), Poultry Fat*… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
23.5%
Protein, dry weight
22%
Carbs, dry weight
~55%
kcal/100 g
344

Ingredients

Listed first: Pea Starch. 23.5% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 23.5%
  • Plants 35.6%
  • Other 1.2%
  • No amount given 39.7%

Pea Starch, Dried Potatoes* (24%), Dried Turkey Protein* (23.5%), Tomato Pomace* (5%), Poultry Fat*, Dried Peas* (3.5%), Whole Linseed* (3.1%), Turkey Gravy, Alfalfa Meal*, Pea Fibre*, Seaweed* (0.5%), Chicory Pulp*, Dried Carrots* (0.5%), Minerals, Fish Oil, Nettles*, Parsley*, Chicory Extract* (0.1%), Glucosamine (0.045%), Yucca Extract* (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.005%). *Natural Ingredient.

Meat named animal protein

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Pea Starch”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Pea StarchVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Potatoes* (24%)Vegetable, fruit or plant24%
Dried Turkey Protein* (23.5%)Named meat23.5%
Tomato Pomace* (5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant5%
Poultry Fat*Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Dried Peas* (3.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3.5%
Whole Linseed* (3.1%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3.1%
Turkey GravyFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Alfalfa Meal*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Pea Fibre*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Seaweed* (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Chicory Pulp*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Carrots* (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
MineralsOtherNot given
Fish OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Nettles*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Parsley*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Chicory Extract* (0.1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.1%
Glucosamine (0.045%)Other0.045%
Yucca Extract* (0.02%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.02%

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Nutrition

Protein 22% and carbs about 55%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein20%22%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat9.5%11%
Carbohydrate~50%~55%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.9%4.3%
Ash6.9%7.7%
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.

Energy344 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 21

The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Starch scored lowest (1.6 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    8.6 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label8.2 / 35 points

      23.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.4 / 10 points

      Protein is 22.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    1.6 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 55.2% 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 934th of 1,171 dry foods. 30 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 55% to 34% by dry weight, and protein is about 33%.

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

2 noted, none cost points: parsley and yucca extract. 18 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 18 nothing flagged
18 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, broth (meat stock), carrot, chicory root extract, chondroitin, fish oil, glucosamine, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, nettle, pea fibre, peas, potato, poultry fat, seaweed, starch, tomato, turkey

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 Home10kg · £55.99 up 11% since 10 Aug10kg£55.99£5.60/kgVisit

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

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home10kg£55.99£5.60/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home10kg£50.39£5.04/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home10kg£50.39£5.04/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 28 to 39 points higher and cost up to 22% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 23.5%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 55%
To feed
24% less per 1,000 kcal

+39 pointsCompare

Meat
76% this food 23.5%
Carbs
about 26% this food about 55%
To feed
5% more per 1,000 kcal

+38 pointsCompare

Meat
72% this food 23.5%
Carbs
about 41% this food about 55%
To feed
23% less per 1,000 kcal

+31 pointsCompare

Meat
56% this food 23.5%
Carbs
about 32% this food about 55%
To feed
22% more per 1,000 kcal

+28 pointsCompare

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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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