Bil-Jac Chunky Stew with Chicken & Vegetables Grain-Free Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 3.5 oz tubs, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 44% protein and 17% fat, and each tub carries 105 kcal.
- Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
- Stew
- 3.5 oz tub
- 82% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken Broth
The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Egg Product
Egg content processed into a stable dry or liquid ingredient, minus the shell.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Green Peas
The immature green seed of the pea plant, used fresh or dried.
What’s in the tub
- First ingredient
- Chicken Broth, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
- First meat
- Chicken, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Egg Product.
- Thickeners and binders
- Modified Tapioca Starch, Potato Starch and Guar Gum. They give the food its texture and hold pieces together. Normal in wet food; starches and flours also add carbohydrate.
- Added color
- None listed.
- Flagged additives
- None from our list.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the tub, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,061 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 3.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 2.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 82.0%
105 kcal per 3.5 oz tub, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the tub size.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the tub prints it, heaviest first
Chicken Broth, Chicken, Egg Product, Sweet Potatoes, Green Peas, Pea Protein, Modified Tapioca Starch, Potato Starch, Tricalcium Phosphate, Dextrose, Glycine, Potassium Chloride, Guar Gum, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Thyme, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Magnesium Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Taurine, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Potassium Iodide, Beta-Carotene, Folic Acid
Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.
Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.
| NUTRIENT | ON THE LABEL | WATER OUT | WET FOOD MEDIAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 8.0% | 44.4% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 3.0% | 16.7% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 2.0% | 11.1% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 16.7% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
What a tub costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 oz | $1.99 | $9.95 | PetSmart |
| 3.5 oz | $1.99LIVE | $9.05 | PetSmart |
Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 18. Others are from our check on Sep 30. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.
Daily portion calculator
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,061 kcal per kg, 105 kcal per tub). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
No Recalls In Our Record Since 2012
We have not matched any FDA recall to Bil-Jac. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
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