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Bil-Jac

reviewed by biljac4life

biljac4life
11/02/2008

Bil-Jac 5

Perhaps ya'll are reading the label incorrectly, lets start from the beginning.

Chicken By-Products: (includes...liver, heart, bone marrow, and other organs) These are all things wolves would eat if they were having chicken for dinner, minus the feathers of course.
Corn: This isn't your corn on the cob variety, it's corn mesa, true it's a filler, but I've seen other fillers out there that wouldn't go near my dog.
Chicken: Whoa look at that, more chicken, dark/white meat.
Dried Beet Pulp: (Beet pulp is a byproduct left over from the processing of sugar beets, it is sometimes fed to horses and other animals because it is high in energy and fiber,[1] but low in non-structural carbohydrates. -Wikipedia)
Yeast: what else is yeast used for, this dog food does go through a baking process.
Cane Molasses: High iron content.
Yeast: what else is yeast used for, this dog food does go through a baking process.
Egg Product: because eggs are good for a healthy coat
Salt: helps activate the yeast, and only 0.6% of total, hmm, horses, birds, and other animals get salt licks, salt is necessary in most mammals.
Sodium Propionate: to keep your Bil-Jac from growing mold, (thank you)
The rest on this list of ingredients are Vitamins.

I've been feeding my dog, Bil-Jac (Select for 5 years, Senior for 1 year, and now Reduced fat for a month) Yep my dog got fat, not from Bil-Jac, but from a slow metabolism, dog treats, and table scraps.

My dog Montana is Black Lab / Aussie Shepard mix, I've gone through Royal Canin, Specialty Food, Eukanuba, Nutro, Iams, Pedigree, Science Diet and only had vomiting, loose stools, poor coat, etc. Bil-Jac brought my dog back to life, the Vet said, she had very healthy blood for a 10 year old, great teeth and bones, and her coat is very very healthy. My Vet never recommended Bil-Jac, I was referred by an in-store demo and was sold without taking the challenge, food should sink and dissolve not float and expand.

My vet says to keep Montana on Bil-Jac, it's 100% nutritious.

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ferretsratskittycats commented 283 days ago.
All the previous foods you fed are just as bad and if not worse food. By products are all the things that cannot be used in our food, why would you give it to your pet? Not only that its not not the true first ingredient since it is mostly moisture. That makes CORN the first ingredient. Dogs cannot, will not, will NEVER be able to digest this, and means that your giving your pet mainly something they cannot get any nutritional value from, and does cause allergic reactions. Chicken, while being the 3rd ingredient, is not actually so, as it is mainly made up of moisture, and looses its place as being the true 3rd ingredient. Beet pulp, you said yourself is a by-product. No nutritional value. Yeast is a bacteria. GOOD JOB. Molasses is sugar, has no nutritional value for a carnivore, iron should be found in a meat product. Whole eggs should be used, not product, as this could mean just the shells, and again no nutritional value. Salt should be found in meat product as well, added salt is not needed. Added vitamin's and preservatives.

YUMM *GAG*

Your dog got fat from too much sugar content, that would be the molasses FYI. Speciality foods? from the vets? do you mean prescription foods? Those were the only thing available 30 years ago, they now have something called RAW if you can't find a kibble dog food that they do well on.

Shamrockmommy commented 223 days ago.
You have a couple of errors here, "yeast" is brewers yeast, which is INactive, it is used for its rich source of B vitamins.

SALT does NOT activate yeast, it actually kills yeast. SUGAR activates yeast.

I don't feed bil-jac anymore as my minpin lost handfuls of coat, one bichon got raging yeast infections in her ears, lipfolds and feet and the other bichon got gallbladder disease while eating it. Shame though because they really love the taste!

biljac4life commented 222 days ago.
@Shamrockmommy
You're right I made a mistake, I was writing this while I was tired. Since the posting of this; I had to change foods because the 6 year appeal of this food to my dog Montana faded and I had to find a suitable replacement.

Different breeds may react differently to different food, you minpin losing its hair could be an allergy to chicken, or other food allergies, you cannot solely blame Bil-Jac for that.

Gallbladder disease can happen to various animals, and I would not blame Bil-Jac for that either.

@ferretsratskittycats
Chicken By-Products (Organs Only) Means it contains no beaks, feet, etc. Humans can eat chicken liver, hearts, skin etc. So your point is invalid.

Beet Pulp as stated in the Wikipedia article is high in energy and fiber, and carnivores do eat grass for aiding in digestion. So another point that is invalid.

Bil-Jac doesn't add spray-on flavor like 99% of the other dog food manufacturers.

Regardless, if my dog hadn't started disliking the taste of the food, she would still be on it.


The new food is Innova Evo, please find something wrong with that food, because I think the both of you argue just to hear yourself argue.


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