James Wellbeloved Light Adult Dry Dog Food Turkey & Rice

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James Wellbeloved Light Adult Dry Dog Food Turkey & 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

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 45% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Dried Turkey 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
30%
Carbs, dry weight
~45%
kcal/100 g
342

Ingredients

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

  • Meat 24%
  • Grain 26%
  • Plants 3.8%
  • Other 0.7%
  • No amount given 45.5%

Dried Turkey Protein* (24%), Naked Oats*, Brown Rice* (13%), White Rice* (13%), Barley*, Sugar Beet Pulp*, Whole Linseed* (3.8%), Pea Protein, Turkey Gravy, Poultry Fat*, Alfalfa Meal*, Pea Fibre*, Minerals, Seaweed* (0.5%), Fish Oil, Nettles*, Parsley*, Chicory Extract* (0.11%), Glucosamine (0.045%), Yucca Extract* (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.005%). *Natural Ingredient.

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin D3 (1624 IU), copper [as copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate] (7mg), iron [as iron (II) sulphate monohydrate] (46.7mg), iodine [as calcium iodate, anhydrous] (1.6mg), selenium [as sodium selenite] (0.19mg), vitamin A (17,400 IU),, vitamin E (191mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants - tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils.

How we read this label

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

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Dried Turkey Protein* (24%)Named meat24%
Naked Oats*GrainNot given
Brown Rice* (13%)Grain13%
White Rice* (13%)Grain13%
Barley*GrainNot given
Sugar Beet Pulp*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Whole Linseed* (3.8%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3.8%
Pea ProteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Turkey GravyFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Poultry Fat*Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Alfalfa Meal*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Pea Fibre*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Seaweed* (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Fish OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Nettles*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Parsley*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Chicory Extract* (0.11%)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 30% and carbs about 45%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein26.7%30%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat10.1%11%
Carbohydrate~41%~45%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre4.2%4.7%
Ash8.3%9.2%
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.

Energy342 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 25

The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (10 of 45).

  1. How much meat?

    10 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label8.4 / 35 points

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

    • Protein level1.6 / 10 points

      Protein is 29.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.9 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 45.2% 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 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 45% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.

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. 26 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 26 nothing flagged
26 ingredients with nothing flagged

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

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

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

Lowest £4.67/kg at Zooplus UK and 1 more, 30% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UK12kg · £55.9912kg£55.99£4.67/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Pets at Home12kg · £56.09 up 11% since 10 Aug12kg£56.09£4.67/kgVisit
Pets at Home1.5kg · £9.89 up 11% since 10 Aug1.5kg£9.89£6.59/kgVisit
Zooplus UK1.5kg · £9.99 up 1% since 10 Aug1.5kg£9.99£6.66/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%, Zooplus UK up 1%.

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Every reading we have, newest first
DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home1.5kg£9.89£6.59/kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home12kg£56.09£4.67/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK1.5kg£9.99£6.66/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.99£4.67/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home1.5kg£8.90£5.93/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.48£4.21/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK1.5kg£9.69£6.46/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.99£4.67/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home1.5kg£8.90£5.93/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.48£4.21/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK1.5kg£9.89£6.59/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£56.09£4.67/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 32 to 35 points higher and cost up to 20% more.

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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
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To feed
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Carbs
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To feed
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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.

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

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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