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Mixing bowl composition
This is the ingredients list as printed on the packaging or manufacturer's website.
Think of the 'mixing bowl' composition like a recipe - all the ingredients you would need to put in a 'mixing bowl' in order to make the food.
Ingredients have to be listed in descending order of their weight so the higher it appears, the more there is.
Highlighted ingredients
Ingredients that we believe to be controversial or inferior are highlighted in yellow with particularly low grade, highly contentious or excessively vague ingredients in red.
As fed composition
While the 'mixing bowl' composition is useful for knowing what went into the food, it doesn't always reflect what your dog is actually eating. This is because the processes that turn the ingredients into the finished pet food can significantly alter the relative weights of the ingredients.
For this reason we've calculated the approximate 'as fed' percentages for the main ingredient categories in the finished product.
Please note that these figures are very approximate. They are estimates based on the information provided by the manufacturer in the ingredients list so the clearer the terminology and the more percentages they provide, the more accurate our estimates will be. Wherever information is lacking, we always assume the worst.
Ingredient categories
◉ Meat ingredients: includes all meat and fish ingredients except isolated fats/oils.
◉Added oils and fats: includes all isolated oil and fat ingredients.
◉ Carb-rich ingredients: includes all ingredients derived from grains, pseudo-grains, potatoes and other starchy root vegetables, sweet potato and legumes (except whole peas which are categorised under fruit and veg) except for isolated protein and extracted oils. Also includes fibre supplements.
◉ Fruit and veg: includes all whole vegetables and fruits.
◉ Other: all other ingredients. Mostly made up by nutritional supplements and additives.
For more information on any ingredient, please take a look at our Dog Food Ingredient Glossary
The dry matter level of a nutrient is the percentage there would be in the food if all of the water was removed.
With water taken out of the equation, these figures allow the nutrient levels of foods of different types (like wet and dry) to be compared on an even playing field.
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Our unique product ratings are calculated based on a number of characteristics including the quality and quantity of the stated ingredients, certain nutritional and technological additives and the processing methods used to create the food. They are designed to indicate how beneficial we think a food is likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed on a daily basis for an extended period. Click here for more information
Country of origin: United Kingdom
A technological additive is any substance added to a pet food "for a technological purpose and which favourably affects the characteristics of feed".
The most common categories of technological additives include preservatives and antioxidants, gelling agents and thickeners and probiotics.
While the primary effects of technoloical additives are certainly 'favourable' (increased shelf life in the case of preservatives & antioxidants, better food texture and consistency in the case of gelling agents and thickeners etc.) some have been linked to health problems in pets and should be treated with caution.
Unfortunately, many technological additives do not have to be declared by the manufacturer so just because they do not appear on the label does not necessarily mean they are not in the food. If in doubt, ask the manufacturer directly exactly what technological additives their foods contain.
Ems Hill• 15 days ago
I have 3 dogs and on this food one had a very dry coat, the other kept itching and had severe tear stains and our girl who can usually eat anything kept chewing her feet! This brand has gone downhill since mars have taken over!! It’s 60% grain and only 20% ‘meat meal’ which isn’t even fresh meat, terrible food may as well feed Harringtons at half the price as it’s no different than this food honestly.
Mrs Z• one year ago
I have 2 schnauzers one black and one black and silver. I have noticed that the black and silver one now has considerable staining on his beard and paws and the other one is suffering from wind. The black one also has noticeable staining now on his paws snd beard. hmmm
Ems Hill
Mrs Z• 15 days ago
Ours have had terrible staining on this food too.
Cheryl Sly• 8 years ago
Hi just found this site and comments on JWB interesting! We have a 20 month male golden retriever who has been fed JWB for some time now and over the past few months has developed intermittent vomitting and diarrhoea. No real cause identified although swims in and and drinks anything murky or muddy when out so could be that. Symptoms have been more (I think) since packaging changed but cannot be certain. Will now look at other options to see if this helps.
smartshopper
Cheryl Sly• 8 years ago
Hi,
Just had same problem, so I sent sample of food to JWB. They said very sorry but seems some lamb kibble got mixed in my regular turkey & rice and must have happened in factory. Said my dog must be intolerent to lamb and sent me some new turkey kibble.
ian holland• 9 years ago
hi, you are right to question james wellbeloved. since they have changed their packaging, they have stated that the recipe is the same which it is, however the quantities of the ingredients is different. they have reduced the quantity of the meat content and added more rice. meat going from 26% to around 19% and rice going from 26% to know nearly 40%.
i reccomend moving to a food called symply. i have and i also stock it in my pet shop and all my jwb customers have said they have seen a great difference,
Peter Dakin• 10 years ago
Something seems to have changed with JWB somehow, as my Goldie has suddenly developed sickeness and diarrhoea every other week while being fed on this dog food. After a visit to the vets and being put on prescription diet food, I've now found an alternative more natural and grain free food, as on the vet food, his ill health has resolved itself and he's looking much more like his old self. Beware this food as it could be that the ingredients or recipe is being changed.
Piers Smart
Peter Dakin• 10 years ago
Hi Peter, only a few years ago Scampers were retailing more than half a million pounds a year of foods like JWB and other made by Mars, Nestle, P&G and Hills. What we were finding with hundreds of customers dogs and cats as well as our own, which at the time were on Pro Plan, was this report of regularly being sick, sometimes more than three or four times a week.
We believed it was not just coincidence and ended up looking for recipe changes, which included photocopying old bags when product relaunches occurred to compare ingredients....the results were scary.
Whether JWB definitely changed ingredients we don't know but the sickness thing was very common. The other reason we think this might be happening is that long term feeding of highly processed low meat kibble with no fresh or other good quality variety foods could also be leading to digestive disorders.
What I do know is that since we delisted all the big four corporate pet food companies and moved our customers towards high quality more natural foods inc raw, cold pressed, air dried, grain free foods fed either as a total diet, in rotation or as a varied diet this whole problem appears to have gone away along with so many other diet related problems. If you are ever up our way we offer free food consultations all day every day and we even have a Tasting Table with doggy bags:-) check out our website there is loads of great info on there but we have decided not to be an internet retailer as we could not do what we do without face to face dialogue
Angela• 10 years ago
I have two small jack Russell terriers who were putting on weight as I was feeding them too many treats . I binned all the treats and got a selection of fish4dogs skinny strips twist etc. they love them and also they have lost some weight . but best of all after only four weeks the oldest dog looks like he has been to the dentist and had a scale and polish!!!! his teeth look superb . the strips do wiff a bit but as they are dried fish skins they will but well worth the money ... wish id known about these earlier..
SUPERDOG• 10 years ago
mine loved this a little small though for big dogs but used a training treats cutting them up worked well
Lauren Otley• 11 years ago
Choose Wainwrights over James Wellbeloved. Very similiar, if not better, and is about £11.00 cheaper per 15kg. They also have a wide range of quality wet food - cans, large trays, small trays and pouches.
Dormouse
Lauren Otley• 10 years ago
Wainwrights made my dog come out in a rash, it does not agree with her, so I went back to JWB.