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

Top 5 ingredients of Instinct Original Grain-Free Recipe with Real Salmon Dry Dog Food are Salmon, White Fish Meal, Peas, Menhaden Fish Meal, and Canola Oil. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 21.5%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 37.5%, fat 21.0%, fiber 4.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 21.5%
38%
21%
10%
22%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 21.5% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 37.5%. One cup carries 537 kcal.
PROTEIN
37.5%
STARCH, DERIVED
21.5%
KCAL / CUP
537
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Instinct Original Grain-Free Recipe with Real Salmon Dry Dog Food

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 21 COMPONENTS
Salmon

Salmon

The flesh of salmon, an oily cold-water fish, used fresh.
Whitefish Meal

Whitefish Meal

Whitefish that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal with most of the water removed.
Peas

Peas

The seed of the pea plant, used whole, split or dried as a carbohydrate and plant protein source.
Menhaden Fish Meal

Menhaden Fish Meal

A concentrated meal rendered from menhaden, a small oily fish caught specifically for oil and meal.
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
4,570 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
37.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
21.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
21.5%

537 kcal per cup.

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Complete guaranteed
analysis

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

Crude Protein (min.)
37.50 %
Crude Fat (min.)
21 %
Crude Fiber (max.)
4 %
Moisture (max.)
10 %
Vitamin E (min.)
100 IU/kg
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (min.)*
85 mg/kg
Omega 3 Fatty Acids (min.)*
1.70 %
Omega 6 Fatty Acids (min.)*
2.60 %
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

Salmon, White Fish Meal (Pacific Whiting, Pacific Sole, Pacific Rockfish), Peas, Menhaden Fish Meal, Canola Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Herring Meal, Chickpeas, Pea Protein, Natural Flavor, Tapioca, Dried Tomato Pomace, Carrots, Apples, Cranberries, Montmorillonite Clay, Vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, 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 Cod, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract

Ingredients are listed heaviest first, and a dog food needs very little salt, so the tail of the list is present in very small amounts.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 37.5% 41.7% HIGH
FAT 21.0% 23.3% n/a
FIBER 4.0% 4.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 21.5% 23.9% LOW
STARCH RATIO 21.5% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
20 lb $79.99 $4.00 Chewy lowest of 4 stores
22.5 lb $77.99 $3.47 Chewy lowest of 5 stores

Prices are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.0CUPS
    1,076 kcal235 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (537 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 40.6%

    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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