James Wellbeloved Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken & Rice

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James Wellbeloved Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken & Rice

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
25/ 100
WeakTied 750th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 46% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Dried Chicken Protein* (24%), Naked Oats*, Brown Rice* (13%), White Rice* (13%), Barley*… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
24%
Protein, dry weight
27%
Carbs, dry weight
~46%
kcal/100 g
373

Ingredients

Listed first: Dried Chicken Protein. 24% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 24%
  • Grain 26%
  • Plants 3.5%
  • Other 0.7%
  • No amount given 45.8%

Dried Chicken Protein* (24%), Naked Oats*, Brown Rice* (13%), White Rice* (13%), Barley*, Poultry Fat*, Whole Linseed* (3.5%), Chicken Gravy, Sugar Beet Pulp*, Pea Fibre*, Alfalfa Meal*, Pea Protein, Seaweed* (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 proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Vitamin A (15000 IU/kg), Vitamin D₃ (1400 IU/kg), Vitamin E (165 mg/kg), Copper (Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate) (6.0 mg/kg), Iodine (Calcium iodate, anhydrous) (1.6 mg/kg), Iron (Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate) (40.0 mg/kg), Selenium (Sodium selenite) (0.19 mg/kg), Zinc (Zinc chelate of glycine, hydrate) (100 mg/kg), Manganese (Manganese (II) oxide) (25.0 mg/kg), Citric Acid (280 mg/kg)

How we read this label

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

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Dried Chicken Protein* (24%)Named meat24%
Naked Oats*GrainNot given
Brown Rice* (13%)Grain13%
White Rice* (13%)Grain13%
Barley*GrainNot given
Poultry Fat*Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Whole Linseed* (3.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3.5%
Chicken GravyFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Sugar Beet Pulp*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Pea Fibre*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Alfalfa Meal*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Pea ProteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Seaweed* (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 27% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein24.7%27%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat14.1%16%
Carbohydrate~42%~46%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
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.

Energy373 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 25

The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (9.6 of 45).

  1. How much meat?

    9.6 / 45
    • Meat on the label8.4 / 35

      24% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.2 / 10

      Protein is 27.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.5 / 20

    About 46.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.

  4. What kind of meat?

    6 / 15
    • How the meat is listed6 / 12

      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

      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 750th of 1,171 dry foods. 47 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 46% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.

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

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Ingredient notes

2 noted, none cost points: parsley and yucca extract. 28 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 28 nothing flagged
28 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, barley, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, citric acid (E330), fish oil, glucosamine, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, nettle, oats, pea fibre, poultry fat, rice, seaweed, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

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

Lowest £3.67/kg at Jollyes, 2% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

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

ShopPackPricePer kg
Jollyes15kg · £55.0015kg£55.00£3.67/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Pets at Home15kg · £55.99 up 11% since 10 Aug15kg£55.99£3.73/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%; 1 other shop unchanged.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Jollyes15kg£55.00£3.67/kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home15kg£55.99£3.73/kg
27 Sep 2026Jollyes15kg£55.00£3.67/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home15kg£50.39£3.36/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home15kg£50.39£3.36/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 24 to 33 points higher and cost up to 25% more.

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Carbs
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To feed
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 46%
To feed
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+32 pointsCompare

Meat
59% this food 24%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 46%
To feed
56% less per 1,000 kcal

+24 pointsCompare

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Carbs
about 43% this food about 46%
To feed
25% more per 1,000 kcal

+24 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.

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

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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