James Wellbeloved Adult Hypoallergenic Grain Free Pouches - Mixed Selection review

Name: James Wellbeloved Adult Hypoallergenic Grain Free Pouches - Mixed Selection
Brand: James Wellbeloved

Poor

A weak wet food by the label. The label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about £8.72 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Label last checked July 27, 2026

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Top 85%scores higher than 15% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored

Poorscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated

£8.72per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 2% of wet foods

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality

Weighted ingredient quality 61/100 across 15 ingredients (declared percentages used for 5, position estimates for the rest). Legumes carry 30% of the recipe. The FDA found no causal link between legume-rich diets and canine heart disease (DCM), though some cardiologists advise caution - noted for information, not scored.

24.5 / 40

Label clarity

Vague category terms on the label (oils and fats, cellulose) - naming points withheld; no percentages declared at all - the recipe is unverifiable; meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.

2 / 15

Additives

Added sugars/sweeteners (-4); declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being dextrose (-6).

0 / 10

Red flags

Oils and fats at position 6 (-6); dextrose at position 8 (-8).

-14 / 0

Meat content

Meat content not declared, but named meat sources lead the label.

6 / 15

Nutritional balance

Estimated carbohydrate 38% dry matter (moderate); fat 21.1% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-0.3); fibre 4.2% DM (+2); ash 7.9% DM - sensible mineral load (+2).

6.5 / 10

Processing

Retorted wet food.

6 / 10

ODF Score

Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public

31 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 31 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 24.5 of a possible 40. On top of that, 14 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 no meat percentage at all, so there is no way to verify how much of the recipe is animal protein, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about £8.72 a day to feed a 15kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it does not.

Ingredients

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

Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label

Feeding & cost

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

Pack size	RRP	Per kg
4.3 kg	-	-
8.6 kg	-	-

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 928 g a day = £8.71 / day, £264.78 / month.

How we work this out

Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight^0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 15 kg dog works out near 725 kcal).
Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 78 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £9.39 / 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

28.9 % DM

Directory average: 42.6

Fat

21.1 % DM

Directory average: 27.9

Est. carbs

37.9 % DM

Directory average: 18.3

Fibre

4.2 % DM

Directory average: 3.9

Ash

7.9 % DM

Directory average: 10.7

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

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