Committing to a large box of pouches your dog has never tasted is a real risk if it turns out they leave it in the bowl, which is exactly the gap a smaller pack is for — the same recipe, in a size that doesn't leave you with dozens spare if it's not a hit.

Chicken makes up 42% of the meaty chunk here, and lamb 34%, alongside a mix of white and brown rice, carrots and peas. It is a complete food for adult dogs, and James Wellbeloved's approach across the range is to exclude beef, pork, soya, eggs, dairy and wheat.

• Complete wet food for adult dogs, a 12-pouch pack
• Chicken (42%) and lamb (34%) named as a share of the meaty chunk
• Protein 5.3%, fat 4.5%, crude fibre 0.6%, moisture 82%
• Omega-6 at 1%
• Contains rice — not a grain-free recipe
• 90G pouches

On trying before you commit. James Wellbeloved sell this same recipe in a much bigger box; this is a quarter of that quantity, useful for checking a fussy dog will actually eat it first. As on the larger pack, the chicken (42%) and lamb (34%) are shares of the meaty chunk rather than the whole pouch, and both are organ cuts — heart, liver and necks for the chicken, lung and trachea for the lamb — rather than muscle meat.

Who it's for: owners introducing wet pouches to a dog for the first time, or anyone who wants to confirm a recipe is a hit before buying a larger box of the same thing.