Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken for Skin & Coat Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken for Skin & Coat Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Menhaden Fish Meal, Chicken Meal, Peas, and Tapioca.
Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken for Skin & Coat Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Chicken is an excellent source of healthy protein for dogs. It is filled with essential amino acids to build strong muscles and help to maintain organs and tissue.
In addition to being a flavor that dogs love, chicken also delivers Omega 6 fatty acids that help sustain healthy skin and shiny coats along with B3 and B6 vitamins, phosphorous and selenium as well.
Menhaden Fish Meal offer an excellent source of highly concentrated animal protein as well as the essential fatty acids and other nutrients menhaden fish contain.
Menhaden fish is found in Atlantic coastal waters and due to it's oily flesh, it's not an appetizing food to humans.
Chicken Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole chickens that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It looks like brown flour, and it's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.
Chicken meal is basically chicken with a longer storage time. It's a protein-rich food and also Vitamin B12, Tryptophan, Choline, Zinc, Iron, and Copper resource. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
Peas are healthy, grain-free filter alternative that contain complex carbohydrates, fiber, protein, phytonutrients, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins. They are also rich in protein and high in fiber.
Lutein in peas is an anti-oxidant good for heart, skin, and eye health. Sterols content in peas help lowering cholesterol. However, peas may be related to Canine Heart Disease and FDA is actively investigating this. 93 percent of reported foods in DCM cases contained peas and/or lentils.
Tapioca is used as a non-nutritive binder in dog foods.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken for Skin & Coat Dry Dog Food has 32.5% protein, 20% fat, 4% fiber, and 9% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 29.5%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken for Skin & Coat Dry Dog Food as 29.5%. Basically, around one third of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.
Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Instinct kibble has less starch ratio than the average.
