Cesar Filets in Gravy Rotisserie Chicken Wet Dog Food
Wet food in 3.5 oz trays, complete and balanced for adult dogs. With the water taken out it is 42% protein and 22% fat, and each tray carries 84 kcal.
- Complete & balanced for adult dogs (AAFCO, on the label)
- In gravy
- 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…
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.
Chicken Liver
The liver of the chicken, an organ meat.
Animal Plasma
Our read The ingredients
Chicken-heavy filets with a flavor-only rotisserie twist
Signature feature
Real chicken
High-quality protein #1 ingredient real chicken
What it is Chicken is first, with chicken liver fourth and chicken heart seventh. Broth and water sit second and third, carrying the gravy that makes up most of the tray.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Chicken leading a wet food is standard, not special. Protein lands at about 42% on a dry basis, right at the wet food average, so the dog gets a typical chicken meal rather than an upgrade.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
The rotisserie in the name is a flavoring, 17th and below the salt. Animal plasma, 5th, names no species, which matters for allergy dogs.
- 5 Animal Plasma
- 17 Rotisserie Chicken Flavor
- 9 Salt
What’s in the tray
- First meat
- Chicken, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Chicken and Chicken Liver.
- Thickeners and binders
- Animal Plasma, Tapioca Starch, Sodium Tripolyphosphate and Xanthan 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
- 846 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 7.5%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 4.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 1.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 82.0%
84 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, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Liver, Animal Plasma, Tapioca Starch, Chicken Heart, Dried Beet Pulp, 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., Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Dried Tomato, Xanthan Gum, Magnesium Proteinate, Rotisserie Chicken Flavor, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Copper Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement
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 | 7.5% | 41.7% | 43.2% |
| FAT | 4.0% | 22.2% | 22.2% |
| FIBER | 1.0% | 5.6% | - |
| CARBS (EST.) | - | 19.4% | - |
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
A fat-forward chicken meal for small adults
56%
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Is a tray a meal?
Yes, for adults
Cesar sells it as complete and balanced for adult dogs, served alone or with kibble. Fed alone, a 10 lb dog needs 4 trays a day.
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Is it a high-protein food?
Average for wet
Protein matches the wet food average we list, about 42% dry. Carbs run near zero against a 19% average, so fat fills the gap.
- Feed it to
- Small adult dogs that do well on chicken, as a full meal or a topper on kibble.
- Skip it for
- Puppies, dogs with pancreatitis or on a low-fat diet, and allergy dogs, since animal plasma names no species.
What a tray costs
| SIZE | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 oz | $0.78 | $7.80 | PetSmart |
| 1.8 oz | $0.78LIVE | $7.09 | PetSmart |
| 3.2 oz | $1.14 | $5.70 | Walmart lowest of 2 stores |
Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 25. 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 (846 kcal per kg, 84 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.
Lower-priced alternative
$3.68/lb vs $5.70/lb for this recipe. A similar protein, fat and moisture profile for less per pound, from the lowest price per pound we have saved for each. Prices change; check before you buy.
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