Bil-Jac Pate Platters Pâté Platters with Beef & Sweet Potatoes Grain-Free Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 12.8 oz servings, complete and balanced. With the water taken out it is 36% protein and 23% fat, and each serving carries 491 kcal.
- Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
- Paté
- 12.8 oz serving
- 78% 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.
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Tapioca Starch
The starch extracted from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
Sweet Potatoes
The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
What’s in the serving
- First ingredient
- Chicken Broth, there for moisture. Almost every wet food opens with water or broth; what follows it is the recipe.
- First meat
- Beef, second on the list. Named meats near the top: Beef and Chicken.
- Thickeners and binders
- Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum and Locust Bean 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 serving, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,353 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 5.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 78.0%
491 kcal per 12.8 oz serving, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the serving size.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the serving prints it, heaviest first
Chicken Broth, Beef, Chicken, Tapioca Starch, Sweet Potato, Natural Flavor, 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., Pea Protein, Caramel, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Vitamin E Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Beta-Carotene, Potassium Iodide, 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% | 36.4% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 5.0% | 22.7% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.0% | 4.5% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 27.3% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
What a serving costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.8 oz | $2.99 | $3.74 | PetSmart |
| 13 oz | $2.99LIVE | $3.69 | 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 (1,353 kcal per kg, 491 kcal per serving). 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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