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James and ella · freeze-dried

James and Ella Freeze Dried Topper review

About as good as freeze-dried food gets. 97.5% declared meat content leads the label, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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ODF Score 92/100 Exceptional
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Top 2%scores higher than 98% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Exceptionalscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
97.5%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin
559kcal per 100 g

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 94/100 across 12 ingredients (declared percentages used for 12, position estimates for the rest).
37.7 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 99% of the recipe (+6); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
15 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 97.5%.
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 6% dry matter (low); fat 46.9% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-2.0); fibre 1.6% DM (+2); ash 12.5% DM - unusually high mineral/bone load; functional extras: joint support, named botanicals (+2).
6 / 10
Processing
Freeze-dried - gentle preservation, though freeze-drying alone does not kill bacteria, so handle as raw.
8 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
92 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 92 down: the biggest single loss is nutritional balance, where it takes 6 of a possible 10. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 97.5% meat, which is unusually specific - most brands never print a figure at all, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Grass Fed Beef 97.5%

Fruit & veg

Beet Pulp 0.18%Dried Seaweed 0.08%

Supplements & extras

Minerals 1.4%Yeast Product 0.06%Dried Chicory Root 0.06%Glucosamine 0.04%Chondroitin Sulphate 0.04%Yucca Schidigera Extract 0.02%Dried Dandelion Root 0%Green Tea Powder 0%Dried Hawthorn Leaf 0%
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Vitamin a 6000 IU, Vitamin D3 200 IU, Vitamin E 40mg, Zinc (Zinc Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 12mg, Iron (Iron II Sulphate Monohydrate) 8mg, Manganese (Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate) 2mg, Copper ( Copper II Sulphate Pentahydrate ) 1.2mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 0.08mg, Selenium (Selenised Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Cncm I 3060 Inactivated) 0.0016mg. Tocopherol Extracts from Vegetable Oils 150mg, Rosemary Oil Extract 4mg.

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

33.3 % DM
Directory average: 43.3

Fat

46.9 % DM
Directory average: 34.6

Est. carbs

5.7 % DM
Directory average: 10.3

Fibre

1.6 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

12.5 % DM
Directory average: 8.3

Energy

559 kcal/100g
Directory average: 493.9

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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