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Stella & Chewy's Gourmet Stew Beef, Green Bean & Sweet Potato Recipe Wet Dog Food — Case of 12
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Stella & Chewy's Gourmet Stew, Beef, Green Bean & Sweet Potato Recipe — Case of 12
Shredded beef and beef liver in a slow-cooked broth with green beans and sweet potato. There is something in the ingredient list that will surprise most people, so we'll lead with it.
There is bream in this beef stew
At position ten. Bream is a fish.
There's also salmon oil further down, which makes two fish species in a recipe named for beef. Neither is mentioned on the front of the can or in any of Stella's bullets.
For most dogs that's a non-issue. If you're avoiding fish, or running an elimination diet, this is the wrong can and nothing on it would tell you. Of the six Gourmet recipes, only the Chicken & Chicken Liver Pâté contains no fish at all.
The beef content itself is genuine: beef, beef broth and beef liver, with beef first.
Two more things worth knowing about the list
Dried egg is the fourth ingredient, and it's in all six Gourmet recipes. If your dog reacts to egg, that rules out the whole line.
Stella's "made without" list on this recipe omits legumes, where the other five all include it. That's internally consistent, because green beans are legumes and they're in the name... but it means the Gourmet line's legume-free messaging isn't uniform, and this is the one recipe where it doesn't apply.
It is the lightest can in the Gourmet line
| Gourmet recipe | Protein | Fat | kcal/can |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pâté Chicken & Chicken Liver | 10% | 5% | 477 |
| Pâté Duck & Chicken | 10% | 5% | 458 |
| Pâté Puppy Chicken & Salmon | 11% | 4.5% | 452 |
| Stew Chicken, Carrot & Broccoli | 8.5% | 4.5% | 392 |
| Stew Duck, Carrot & Spinach | 8.5% | 4.5% | 370 |
| Stew Beef, Green Bean & Sweet Potato | 7% | 4% | 347 |
Lowest protein, lowest fat and fewest calories of the six. That means you feed more of it: a 45 lb dog takes 2¾ to 3¼ cans of this a day as a complete meal, against 2 to 2⅓ cans of the Chicken Pâté. Worth doing that arithmetic before you buy cases.
On the other side, if you want a lighter wet food for a dog whose weight you're managing, this is the one in the line that fills a bowl for the fewest calories.
Pâté and Stew are different foods, not just textures
People assume the two Gourmet lines are one recipe in two consistencies. They aren't:
- Stews are 81% moisture, pâtés are 78%
- Pâtés run 20 to 37% more calories per kilogram
- Stews contain vegetables, thyme, rosemary and guar gum. Pâtés contain none of those
- Pâtés add sodium phosphate and celery powder
If you want vegetables and herbs in the bowl, the stews have them. If you want calorie density in a smaller volume, the pâtés win.
7% protein is not what it looks like
This is 81% moisture. Take the water out and the 7% protein becomes roughly 37% on a dry-matter basis. Wet foods always read low against kibble because of the water... but note this is still the lowest of the Gourmet six once converted.
Full ingredient list
Beef, Beef Broth, Water Sufficient for Processing, Dried Egg, Green Beans, Sweet Potato, Tapioca, Beef Liver, Sunflower Oil, Bream, Salt, Guar Gum, Minerals (Zinc Oxide, Reduced Iron, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide), Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, D-calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Beta-Carotene, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Potassium Chloride, Salmon Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Choline Chloride, Tricalcium Phosphate, Thyme, Rosemary.
Reproduced exactly as Stella & Chewy's publishes it. Also on the label: #1 ingredient grass-fed beef, 95% protein from animal sources, slow-cooked in a savory broth, and made without grains, by-product meals, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
Guaranteed analysis
- Crude Protein (min) ... 7%
- Crude Fat (min) ... 4%
- Crude Fiber (max) ... 2%
- Moisture (max) ... 81%
Calorie content
347 kcal per can ... 981 kcal/kg
Feeding guidelines, adult dogs
Stella's instruction: when fed as a complete and balanced meal, feed ½ to ¾ can for every 4 to 8 lbs of body weight per day.
| Your dog's weight | Cans per day |
|---|---|
| 1-10 lb | ¼ - 1 |
| 11-20 lb | 1 - 1¾ |
| 21-30 lb | 1¾ - 2¼ |
| 31-40 lb | 2¼ - 2¾ |
| 41-50 lb | 2¾ - 3¼ |
| 51-60 lb | 3¼ - 3¾ |
| 61-70 lb | 3¾ - 4 |
| 71-80 lb | 4 - 4½ |
| 81-90 lb | 4½ - 5 |
| 91-100 lb | 5 - 5¼ |
Stella's chart continues above 100 lb but their published figure for that row is garbled on their own page, so we've left it out rather than guess. If you have a dog over 100 lb, ask us and we'll work it out.
Stella adds that puppies may need up to twice the adult amount. Their label also offers it as a topper... used that way, use a fraction of the chart and take the calories off the food underneath.
Storage
Refrigerate after opening and use within a few days. Easy-open lid, no can opener needed.
Case
Case of 12. Stella does not publish the can size on their page... ask us and we'll read it off the label.
On the label statement
Stella describes this as complete and balanced, but publishes no AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement and names no life stage on their page. We checked twice. Ask us and we'll read it off the can, particularly if this is going to be your dog's only food.
How much to feed, and what it costs per day
Enter your dog's weight to see how much to feed, and add the price to see the real daily cost.
| Size | In it | Days it lasts | Cost per day |
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