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James Wellbeloved Puppy & Junior Hypoallergenic - Lamb & Chicken in Gravy review

A weak wet food by the label. The label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about £6.28 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 37/100 Poor
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Top 85%scores higher than 15% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Poorscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
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 12 ingredients (declared percentages used for 5, position estimates for the rest).
29.7 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (oils and fats, cellulose) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 4% of the recipe (+0.2); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
2.2 / 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 30% dry matter (low); fat 22.8% DM in the healthy band; fibre 3.9% DM (+2); ash 8.9% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.4).
7.4 / 10
Processing
Retorted wet food.
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
37 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 37 down: the biggest single loss is label transparency, where it takes 2.2 of a possible 15. 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 £6.28 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 does not.

Ingredients

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

Meat & fish

Chicken* [46% in the chunk**]heartliverdeboned ground chickenlamb* [31% in the chunk**]tracheakidneyoils and fatsincluding linseed oil 0.25%

Carbs & grains

mix of brown and white rice 4%cellulose

Fruit & veg

dried carrotsequivalent to carrots 7.3%dried peasequivalent to peas 3.6%dried beet pulpseaweed 0.11%tomato powder. *100% natural. **Chunk typically 37.5% of the product. Produced in a factory that handles grains and other protein sources

Supplements & extras

mineralsdextrose
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin D3 (150 IU), vitamin E (15mg), copper [as copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate] (2.6mg), iodine [as calcium iodate, anhydrous] (0.23mg), iron [as iron (II) sulphate monohydrate] (2.9mg), manganese [as manganous sulphate, monohydrate] (1.7mg), zinc [as zinc sulphate, monohydrate] (23.3mg).

Nutrition

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

Protein

34.4 % DM
Directory average: 42.2

Fat

22.8 % DM
Directory average: 27.7

Est. carbs

30 % DM
Directory average: 18.4

Fibre

3.9 % DM
Directory average: 4.1

Ash

8.9 % DM
Directory average: 10.8

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

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