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Dog Food · scored September 2026

Cesar

Filet Mignon Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Small Breed Dry

Dry food · 5 lb bag

Panel Score 59 out of 100, grade D: Better options exist

Flagged ingredients

Avoid
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole): a preservative flagged as a possible carcinogen in animal studies; many brands have dropped it. see the evidence
Caution
Meat and bone meal: an unnamed-mammal protein with high bone content; the least transparent protein you can buy. see the evidence
Caution
“Natural flavor”: an undisclosed blend. Not harmful per se, but it hides what your pet is actually tasting. see the evidence
Caution
Corn syrup: added sugar with no nutritional job; calories toward obesity and nothing else. see the evidence
Caution
Artificial colors (Red 40, Yellow 5, and friends): dyes that exist to sell the food to you; your pet does not care what color it is. see the evidence

Recall history: none on record for this product.

Full ingredient panel, as printed

44 ingredients15 doing real work19 neutral7 worth knowing2 we'd avoid

Tap any underlined ingredient for what it is, where it comes from, and what to watch for.

  22. 22. Filet mignon flavor

Cleaner picks

Panel Score 96 out of 100, grade A: Pretty good
Canine Beef Meal Feast
Panel Score 96 out of 100, grade A: Pretty good
Organix Organic Chicken & Brown Rice
Panel Score 96 out of 100, grade A: Pretty good
Whole Grain Chicken Dehydrated Dog Food

Cleaner picks are the highest-scoring products in the same category. No affiliate links, no paid placement.

Independent testing & contaminants

Third-party lab findings for things that never appear on an ingredient label. This is separate from the score above and does not change it.

No independent testing on file. We haven't found published third-party lab results (PFAS, heavy metals, phthalates) for this product. That is not a clean bill of health, just an absence of data. See the methodology page for what testing does and doesn't exist across the category.

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