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Dry kibble · Guaranteed basis · checked 2026-07-25

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Cesar Rotisserie Chicken Flavor & Spring Vegetables Small Breed Dry Dog Food

Dry kibble No AAFCO statement

Part of the Cesar CESAR Gourmet Dry line. On a dry-matter basis this recipe is 29.5% protein and 14.2% fat. Cesar publishes no AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement for this recipe.

Composition as sold · 0–100% of the food by weight

Drawn from the published guaranteed analysis. The two hatched bands are inferred rather than measured: carbohydrate is estimated by difference and ash is assumed, because neither is required on a US label.

Label nutrition data

Guaranteed analysis as it appears on the label: minimums for protein and fat, maximums for fibre and moisture. The dry-matter and per-1,000-kcal columns are computed from those published figures, not restated from anywhere else. Hatched cells are values Cesar does not publish. Scroll horizontally — 4 columns. Published source ↗
Nutrient As fed (label) Dry matter g / 1,000 kcal
Crude protein (guaranteed min) 26% 29.5% —
Crude fat (guaranteed min) 12.5% 14.2% —
Crude fibre (guaranteed max) 4.5% 5.1% —
Moisture (guaranteed max) 12% — —
Carbohydrate (estimated) ~37% ~42% —

First ingredients

Ingredients are listed by weight before cooking, so the first few describe most of what the recipe is made of — and nothing about the quality of any of them.

Chicken · Ground Wheat · Meat and Bone Meal · Ground Whole Grain Corn · Brewers Rice · Chicken By-product Meal · Animal Fat (Preserved with BHA & Citric Acid) · Soybean Meal

First 8 of the published list, in the manufacturer's order. The full list is on Cesar's product page ↗ .

AAFCO statement

Not published by Cesar

No nutritional adequacy statement appears on Cesar's public page for this recipe. Without it there is no published life-stage claim to report, so this page makes none. Check the panel on the pack.

The two wordings are different claims. Formulated to meet means the recipe was matched to an AAFCO nutrient profile on paper. Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate means the finished food was fed to dogs under a defined protocol — a minimum of eight dogs over twenty-six weeks. Both are legal standards of adequacy; only one involved dogs, and neither is a statement about ingredient quality. We quote whichever appears verbatim, and weight it in the score above: 20 points for a feeding trial, 12 for a formulation claim.

Try it with your dog's numbers

The feeding calculator works from a published calorie density, which Cesar does not state for this recipe — you will need the figure from the pack. The cost tool converts whatever you actually pay into a cost per 1,000 kcal, which is the only way to compare a subscription box against a bag.

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The label, charted

Everything above, as one square you can save or send. It is generated from this page's own figures, so it cannot drift from them, and it is ours to publish — no manufacturer supplied it and none can withdraw it.

Label data chart for Cesar Rotisserie Chicken Flavor & Spring Vegetables Small Breed Dry Dog Food: on a dry-matter basis, protein 29.5%, fat 14.2%, estimated carbohydrate 42%. Not scored — too little published.
Dry-matter basis · Manufacturer's label ↗

Manufacturers reformulate without announcing it, and a website can lag a bag by months. The panel on the pack in your hand outranks this page; where the two disagree, the pack is right and we want to know.

Source cesar.com ↗ Captured 2026-07-25 Methodology