Victor Dog Food Review (Canned)

Victor canned product range consists of five recipes with ratings varying from 3 to 5 stars. The average rating of the whole range is 5 stars.

Highly palatable, soft-texture recipes that are excellent for using as a topper on your pup’s kibble or as their main meal. Formulated with added vitamins and minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids and protein.

The table below shows each recipe in this range including our rating and the AAFCO nutrient profile: Growth (puppy), Maintenance (adult), All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.

Recipe and Label Analysis

Victor Grain Free Beef and Vegetables Stew Cuts in Gravy was selected to represent the other products in the line for detailed recipe and nutrient analysis.

Ingredients Analysis

The first ingredient in this dog food is chicken. Chicken is considered “the clean combination of flesh and skin… derived from the parts or whole carcasses of chicken”.¹

Chicken is naturally rich in the 10 essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.

The next two ingredients are beef broth and chicken broth. Broths are of only modest nutritional value. Yet because they add both flavor and moisture to a dog food, they are a common component in many canned products.

The fourth ingredient is beef. Beef is defined as “the clean flesh derived from slaughtered cattle” and includes skeletal muscle or the muscle tissues of the tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus.²

Beef is naturally rich in all 10 essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.

The next ingredient is chicken liver, an organ meat sourced from a named animal and thus considered a beneficial component.

The sixth ingredient lists dried egg whites. Eggs are highly digestible and an excellent source of usable protein.

The seventh item includes carrots, which are rich in beta-carotene, minerals and dietary fiber.

The eighth ingredient lists peas. Peas are a quality source of carbohydrates. And like all legumes, they’re rich in natural fiber.

However, peas contain about 25% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the meat content of this dog food.

The ninth ingredient is dried egg product, a dehydrated form of shell-free eggs. Quality can vary significantly. Lower grade egg product can even come from commercial hatcheries — from eggs that have failed to hatch.

In any case, eggs are easy to digest and have an exceptionally high biological value.

From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.

But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this Victor product.

With three notable exceptions…

First flaxseed, one of the best plant sources of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Provided they’ve first been ground into a meal, flax seeds are also rich in soluble fiber.

However, flaxseed contains about 19% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.

In addition, we note the use of fish oil. Fish oil is naturally rich in the prized EPA and DHA type of omega-3 fatty acids. These two high quality fats boast the highest bio-availability to dogs and humans.

Depending on its level of freshness and purity, fish oil should be considered a commendable addition.

And lastly, this food includes chelated minerals, minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This makes them easier to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually found in better dog foods.

Nutrient Analysis

Based on its ingredients alone, Victor Grain Free Beef and Vegetables Stew Cuts in Gravy looks like an above-average wet product.

The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 42.3%, a fat level of 29.2% and estimated carbohydrates of about 17.3%.

As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 41.8% and a mean fat level of 32.6%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 15.2% for the overall product line.

And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 78%.

Above-average protein. Above-average fat. And below-average carbs when compared to other canned dog foods.

Even when you consider the protein-boosting effect of the peas and flaxseed, this looks like the profile of a wet product containing a significant amount of meat.

Victor Dog Food Recall History

The following automated list (if present) includes all dog food recalls related to Victor through April 2026.

You can view a complete list of all dog food recalls since 2009 here.

Our Rating of Victor Dog Food

Victor includes both grain-inclusive and grain-free canned dog foods that utilize a significant amount of named meats as its dominant source of animal protein, thus earning the brand 5 stars.

Please note certain recipes are sometimes given a higher or lower rating based upon our estimate of their total meat content and (when appropriate) their fat-to-protein ratios.

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