Cesar Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Chicken Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 3.5 oz trays, complete and balanced for adult dogs. With the water taken out it is 47% protein and 22% fat, and each tray carries 86 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for adult dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
- Paté in sauce
- 3.5 oz tray
- 82% water
*For a 45 lb adult dog on this food alone. Set your own dog.
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Beef Lung
The lung of cattle, an organ meat used in whole-animal recipes.
Chicken Liver
The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Chicken Broth
The liquid produced by simmering chicken, used to add moisture and flavor.
Water
Plain water, used to make the recipe mixable and, in wet food, to fill the can.
Our read The ingredients
Chicken leads, but lung and pork share the loaf
Signature feature
#1 Ingredient Real Chicken
High-quality protein #1 ingredient real chicken
What it is Chicken tops the list, weighed wet before cooking. Beef lung, chicken liver, pork by-products and chicken heart fill out the rest of the meat in the first seven.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Lists run by raw weight, and wet chicken is mostly water, so first place says less than it sounds. The protein is real and animal, but it comes from a mix of species, not chicken alone.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Beef lung and pork by-products sit second and sixth. The grilled part is a flavoring at 18th, below the salt.
- 2 beef lung
- 6 pork by-products
- 18 grilled chicken flavor
- 16 Salt
What’s in the tray
- First meat
- Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken, beef lung, chicken liver and pork by-products.
- Thickeners and binders
- sodium tripolyphosphate, carrageenan, xanthan gum and guar gum. They give the gravy its body 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 tray, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 867 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 8.5%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 4.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 82.0%
86 kcal per 3.5 oz tray, worked out from the kcal/kg figure and the tray size.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the tray prints it, heaviest first
Chicken, beef lung, chicken liver, chicken broth, water, pork by-products, chicken heart, calcium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, carrageenan, potassium chloride, xanthan gum, magnesium proteinate, dried yam, DL-methionine, 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., erythorbic acid (preservative), grilled chicken flavor, guar gum, natural flavor, zinc sulfate, vitamin E supplement, monocalcium phosphate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), sodium nitrite (for color retention), D-calcium pantothenate, vitamin D3 supplement, 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.
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 | 8.5% | 47.2% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 4.0% | 22.2% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.0% | 5.6% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 13.9% | - |
Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.
Our read The label
Lean on starch, rich in protein and fat
53%
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Is it a high-protein food?
Yes
47% protein on a dry basis against 42% for the average wet food we list, with almost no carbohydrate in the tray.
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Is it a meal?
Yes, for adults
Cesar sells it as complete and balanced for adult dogs, alone or with kibble. A 10 lb dog eating only this needs 3 3/4 trays a day.
- Feed it to
- Small adult dogs that do well on chicken, beef and pork, as a low-carb meal or a kibble topper.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs allergic to beef or pork, dogs with a history of pancreatitis, and large dogs on a budget.
What a tray costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 oz | $1.18 | $5.90 | Walmart lowest of 3 stores |
Prices are from our check on Oct 16. 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 (867 kcal per kg, 86 kcal per tray). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
1 FDA Recall On Record
Filet Mignon Flavor wet dog food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.
None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log
Other Flavors
Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.
Similar recipes from other brands
Other wet food recipes with the closest protein, fat and moisture as fed, the way the label prints them. Prescription diets are left out.
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