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James Wellbeloved Adult Hypoallergenic Grain-Free Cans - Turkey, Lamb & Chicken in Loaf review

A solid, honest wet food. 50% declared meat content leads the label, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about £2.53 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 62/100 Good
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Top 67%scores higher than 33% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£2.53per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 57% of wet foods
50%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 74/100 across 13 ingredients (declared percentages used for 8, position estimates for the rest).
29.5 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (oils and fats) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 17% of the recipe (+1); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
3 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
Oils and fats at position 8 (-6).
-6 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 50%.
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 19% dry matter (low); fat 28.9% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-2.0); fibre 2.1% DM (+2); ash 10.5% DM - sensible mineral load (+0.3).
4.3 / 10
Processing
Retorted wet food.
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
62 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 62 down: the biggest single loss is label transparency, where it takes 3 of a possible 15. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15. On top of that, 6 points are deducted outright for red-flag ingredients - a penalty applied before anything else is counted, which is why the total lands where it does.

The label declares 50% meat, which is unusually specific - most brands never print a figure at all, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about £2.53 a day to feed a 10kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it broadly does.

Ingredients

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

Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin D3 (220 IU), vitamin E (13.8mg), copper [copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate] (2mg), manganese [manganous sulphate monohydrate] (1.5mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (20mg).

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
4.8 kg--
9.6 kg--

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 621 g a day = £2.53 / day, £76.91 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 86 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £4.07 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

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

Protein

39.5 % DM
Directory average: 42.2

Fat

28.9 % DM
Directory average: 27.7

Est. carbs

18.9 % DM
Directory average: 18.4

Fibre

2.1 % DM
Directory average: 4.1

Ash

10.5 % DM
Directory average: 10.8

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

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