Bil-Jac 30/20 Performance - Bil-Jac Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Bil-Jac 30/20 Performance - Bil-Jac Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken By-Products (organs only, source of arginine), Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, and Pea Flour. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 30.0%.
- protein
- fat
- fiber
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken By-Product
The parts of the chicken left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and frames, used fresh rather than…
Corn Meal
Corn kernels milled to a coarse flour.
Chicken By-Product Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from the parts of the chicken left after the flesh is removed, such as organs and…
Pea Flour
Flour milled from dried peas, carrying both the protein and the starch of the whole pea.
Our read The ingredients
Chicken-led and rich, though the fresh-chicken badge shrinks
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Fresh, never frozen chicken
25 lbs. of fresh chicken used to make a 30 lb. bag (varies by recipe and size).
What it is Raw chicken and chicken organs, first and second on the list, cooked into the food before vacuum drying. Chicken by-product meal, fourth, adds a dry, concentrated chicken source.
Our grade
- Marketing
- Modest
- Meaningful
Fresh chicken is about 70% water, so 25 lb cooks down to roughly 7 or 8 lb of solids, about a quarter of the bag. Plenty of real chicken, just less than the badge implies.
Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.
Chicken in three forms holds three of the top four spots, with corn meal in between as the main starch.
- 1 Chicken
- 2 Chicken By-Products
- 3 Corn Meal
- 4 Chicken By-Product Meal
- 10 Salt
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 4,107 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 30.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 20.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 4.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 10.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 30.0%
427 kcal per cup.
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Full Ingredient
Declaration
Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first
Chicken, Chicken By-Products (organs only, source of arginine), Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Pea Flour, Dried Beet Pulp, Oatmeal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, 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, DL-Methionine, Sodium Propionate (a preservative), Vitamin E Supplement, L-Lysine, Monocalcium Phosphate, Biotin, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin A Acetate, Zinc Sulfate, Fructooligosaccharide, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium animalis Fermentation Product, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Niacin Supplement, Inositol, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Proteinate, Beta-Carotene, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Mixed Tocopherols and BHA (preservatives), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Folic Acid, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Spearmint Extract
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.
| NUTRIENT | AS FED | DRY M. | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 30.0% | 33.3% | HIGH |
| FAT | 20.0% | 22.2% | n/a |
| FIBER | 4.0% | 4.4% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 30.0% | 33.3% | TYPICAL |
Our read The label
A dense, fat-forward fuel for working dogs
45%
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Is a cup a normal cup?
A bit dense
427 kcal a cup, about 8% above the average dry food we list. A 45 lb adult needs only about 2.5 cups a day.
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Is it a high-protein food?
Somewhat
Protein runs a few points above the average dry food we list, and carbs nearly 9 points below. The bigger jump is fat, not protein.
- Feed it to
- Hunting, sporting and working dogs, hard keepers, and active adults that do well on chicken.
- Skip it for
- Dogs with a history of pancreatitis or on low-fat diets, chicken-allergic dogs, and sedentary dogs prone to weight gain.
What a bag costs
| BAG | LOWEST PRICE | PER LB | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 lb | $23.99LIVE | $4.00 | PetSmart lowest of 2 stores |
| 30 lb | $67.99 | $2.27 | Amazon lowest of 3 stores |
Prices marked LIVE were read from the store on Oct 25. Others are from our check on Sep 28. 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 (427 kcal per cup). 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 on a dry matter basis, read the same way.
Similar recipes from other brands
Other kibble recipes with the closest protein, fat and starch as fed, the way the bag prints them. Prescription diets are left out.
Lower-priced alternative
$1.17/lb vs $2.27/lb for this recipe. A similar protein, fat and starch 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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