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James Wellbeloved Grain Free Wet Puppy Food Lamb & Chicken in Gravy 12 Pouches
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* 44% in the chunk** (heart, liver, deboned ground chicken), lamb* 28% in the chunk** (trachea, kidney)… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 30.2%
- Protein, dry weight
- 34%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~30%
- kcal/100 g
- 78
Ingredients
Listed first: LAMB AND CHICKEN chicken in the chunk. 30.2% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 30.2%
- Plants 3%
- Other 0.4%
- No amount given 66.4%
LAMB AND CHICKEN chicken* 44% in the chunk** (heart, liver, deboned ground chicken), lamb* 28% in the chunk** (trachea, kidney), pea starch, dried carrots (1%, equivalent to carrots 7.3%), dried potatoes (1%, equivalent to potatoes 4.0%), dried peas (1%, equivalent to peas 3.6%), oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.26%), minerals, pea protein, dried beet pulp, dextrose, seaweed (0.12%), cellulose, tomato powder. *100% natural. **Chunk typically 42% of the product
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Nutritional Additives: Vitamin D3: 150 IU, Copper (Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate): 1.7 mg, Iron (Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate): 0.60 mg, Iodine (Calcium iodate, anhydrous): 0.05 mg, Manganese (Manganous sulphate, monohydrate): 0.36 mg, Vitamin E: 10.0 mg, Zinc (Zinc sulphate, monohydrate): 16.2 mg; Trace Elements: None stated
How we read this label
First ingredient: “LAMB AND CHICKEN chicken* 44% in the chunk**”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| LAMB AND CHICKEN chicken* 44% in the chunk** (heart, liver,… | Named meat | 18.5% |
| lamb* 28% in the chunk** (trachea, kidney) | Named meat | 11.8% |
| pea starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried carrots (1%, equivalent to carrots 7.3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| dried potatoes (1%, equivalent to potatoes 4.0%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| dried peas (1%, equivalent to peas 3.6%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| oils and fats (including linseed oil 0.26%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.3% |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dextrose | Other | Not given |
| seaweed (0.12%) | 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 34% and carbs about 30%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 6.2% | 34% |
| below the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 4.1% | 23% |
| Carbohydrate | ~5.4% | ~30% |
| above the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.7% | 3.9% |
| Ash | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| 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.
Why it scores 35
The kind of meat scored best (15 of 15). Meat scored lowest (13 of 45).
How much meat?
13 / 45 points- Meat on the label10.6 / 35 points
30.2% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.4 / 10 points
Protein is 34.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
10 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 30% 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. 21 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 21 nothing flagged
- 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.
21 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, carrot, cellulose, chicken, lamb, liver (animal organ), minerals, oils and fats, peas, potato, seaweed, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, vegetable protein extracts
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, liver (animal organ), minerals, oils and fats, peas, potato, seaweed, tomato, vegetable protein extracts
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Cellulose, liver (animal organ), seaweed, tomato, vegetable protein extracts, 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
- 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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 62% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home12 x 90g · £12.99 up 62% since 10 Aug | 12 x 90g | £12.99 | £12.03/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 62%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 12 x 90g | £12.99 | £12.03/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12 x 90g | £11.69 | £10.82/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12 x 90g | £8.00 | £7.41/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
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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