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Instinct Original Grain-Free Recipe with Real Rabbit Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Instinct Original Grain-Free Recipe with Real Rabbit Dry Dog Food are Rabbit, Salmon Meal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Chickpeas, and Canola Oil. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 23.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 36.5%, fat 20.5%, fiber 3.5%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 23.5%
37%
21%
10%
24%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 23.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 36.5%. One cup carries 524 kcal.
PROTEIN
36.5%
STARCH, DERIVED
23.5%
KCAL / CUP
524
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Instinct Original Grain-Free Recipe with Real Rabbit Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 27 COMPONENTS
Rabbit

Rabbit

The clean flesh of the rabbit, used fresh.
Salmon Meal

Salmon Meal

Salmon that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Menhaden Fish Meal

Menhaden Fish Meal

A concentrated meal rendered from menhaden, a small oily fish caught specifically for oil and meal.
Chickpeas

Chickpeas

The seed of the chickpea plant, also sold as the garbanzo bean.
Canola Oil

Canola Oil

Oil pressed from the seed of the canola plant, a variety of rapeseed bred for low erucic acid.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
4,460 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
36.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
20.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.5%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
23.5%

524 kcal per cup.

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Complete guaranteed
analysis

Every row printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
36.50 %
Crude Fat (min.)
20.50 %
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.50 %
Moisture (max.)
10 %
Vitamin E (min.)
100 IU/kg
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (min.)*
85 mg/kg
Omega 3 Fatty Acids (min.)*
1.50 %
Omega 6 Fatty Acids (min.)*
3.40 %
Bacillus coagulans (min.)
60,000,000 CFU/lb

*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.

Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Rabbit, Salmon Meal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Chickpeas, Canola Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Tapioca, Rabbit Meal, White Fish Meal (Pacific Whiting, Pacific Sole, Pacific Rockfish), Dried Tomato Pomace, Natural Flavor, Peas, Montmorillonite Clay, Carrots, Apples, Cranberries, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin), Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide), Freeze-Dried Rabbit (including Freeze-Dried Ground Rabbit Bone), Potassium Chloride, Salt*The Salt Divider. Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after this point is present in an even smaller amount., Pumpkinseeds, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Freeze-Dried Rabbit Liver, Freeze-Dried Rabbit Lung, Freeze-Dried Rabbit Kidney, Rosemary Extract

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so everything after the divider is present in an even smaller amount.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 36.5% 40.6% HIGH
FAT 20.5% 22.8% n/a
FIBER 3.5% 3.9% n/a
CARB (EST.) 23.5% 26.1% LOW
STARCH RATIO 23.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.1CUPS
    1,076 kcal241 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (524 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // INSTINCT

    2 FDA Recalls On Record

    JUL 24, 2015
    SALMONELLA

    Instinct® Raw Chicken Formula for dogs Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    FEB 15, 2013
    PLASTIC PIECES

    Pet food Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

    SAME LINE

    Other Flavors

    Original Grain-Free 40.0% Original Grain-Free 41.1% Original Grain-Free 38.3% Original Grain-Free 41.7%

    Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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