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BIL-JAC

Bil-Jac Pâté Platters with Duck & Pumpkin 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 439 kcal.

  • Complete & balanced (AAFCO, on the label)
  • Paté
  • 12.8 oz serving
  • 78% water
Protein is 36.4% once the water is taken out, below the wet food median of 43%. The label prints 8.0% because that figure includes the water. One serving carries 439 kcal and about 10.0 oz of water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
36.4%
KCAL / SERVING
439
SERVINGS A DAY*
2.4
COST A DAY*
$9.65

*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.

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PetSmart 13 oz $3.99 ($4.93/lb)
Bil-Jac Pâté Platters with Duck & Pumpkin Grain-Free Wet Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 31 COMPONENTS
Duck

Duck

The clean flesh of the duck, with or without skin, used fresh.
Chicken

Chicken

The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken Broth

Chicken Broth

The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Tapioca Starch

Tapioca Starch

The starch extracted from the cassava root, used as a grain-free binder and carbohydrate.
Pumpkin

Pumpkin

The flesh of the pumpkin squash, used cooked or dried in dog food.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the serving

First meat
Duck, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Duck 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
1,210 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
8.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
5.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Moisture (max.)
78.0%

439 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

SALT DIVIDER

Duck, Chicken, Chicken Broth, Tapioca Starch, Pumpkin, Green Beans, Pea Protein, 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., Choline Chloride, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Locust Bean Gum, Vitamin E Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Biotin, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Beta-Carotene, Folic Acid, Potassium Iodide

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.

NUTRITION WITH THE WATER TAKEN OUT

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.

AMONG 821 WET FOODS
Protein, water out
36%
Higher than 27%. Median 43%.
Calories
1,210 kcal/kg
Richer than 82%. Median 994 kcal/kg.
Water
78%
Wetter than 5%. Median 78%.
Price per 1,000 kcal
$8.98
Pricier than 36%. Median $10.36.
PRICE BY PACK SIZE

What a serving costs

SIZE LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
12.8 oz $3.99 $4.99 PetSmart
13 oz $3.99LIVE $4.93 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.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.5SERVINGS
    1,076 kcal31.4 oz

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (1,210 kcal per kg, 439 kcal per serving). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // BIL-JAC

    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

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Sensitive Solutions Digestive & Immune Support Turkey & Pumpkin Recipe in Gravy - Bil-Jac 38.9% Sensitive Solutions Skin & Stomach Support Chicken & Sweet Potato Recipe in Gravy - Bil-Jac 38.9% Picky No More Pâté with Chicken & Chicken Liver 36.4% Pate Platters Pâté Platters with Beef & Sweet Potatoes Grain-Free 36.4%

    Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, calories, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a serving. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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