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INSTINCT · RAW BOOST

Instinct Raw Boost Whole Grain Recipe with Real Chicken & Brown Rice for Puppies Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Instinct Raw Boost Whole Grain Recipe with Real Chicken & Brown Rice for Puppies Dry Dog Food are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Barley, Brown Rice, and Oatmeal. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 36.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 25.5%, fat 18.5%, fibre 4.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 36.0%
26%
19%
10%
36%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fibre
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 36.0% of this cup, close to the site average. Protein comes in at 25.5%. One cup carries 461 kcal.
PROTEIN
25.5%
STARCH, DERIVED
36.0%
KCAL / CUP
461
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FIRST 5 OF 34 COMPONENTS

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
4,023 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
25.5%
Crude Fat (min.)
18.5%
Crude Fiber (max.)
4.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
36.0%

461 kcal per cup. This food is 90% dry matter. The conversion alongside removes the water so it can be compared with any other food, wet or dry.

Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the bag prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Chicken, Chicken Meal, Barley, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Ground Flaxseed, Freeze-Dried Chicken, Salmon Oil, Lamb Meal, Freeze-Dried Chicken Liver, Natural Flavor, Pumpkinseeds, 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., Carrots, Montmorillonite Clay, Freeze-Dried Chicken Heart, Blueberries, Apples, Cranberries, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide), 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), Potassium Chloride, Yeast Culture, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus niger Fermentation Extract, Dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, Dried Kelp, Rosemary Extract, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product

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 25.5% 28.3% TYPICAL
FAT 18.5% 20.6% n/a
FIBRE 4.0% 4.4% n/a
CARB (EST.) 36.0% 40.0% HIGH
STARCH RATIO 36.0% ARCHIVE AVG 37.84%
HOW MUCH TO FEED
PER DAY
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KCAL
THIS FOOD
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CUPS / DAY

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

BENCHMARK

Against The Line

Same figures, same method, applied to the rest of the Instinct range and the archive average.

METRIC THIS RECIPE ORIGINAL GRAIN-FREE ARCHIVE AVG
PROTEIN, DM 28.3% 40.0% 32.3%
CARB, DM 40% 27% 39%
STARCH RATIO 36.0% 24.5% 37.84%
KCAL / CUP 461 508 384
RECALL HISTORY // INSTINCT

No FDA Recalls On Record

We have not matched any FDA recall to Instinct. We check the feed daily and this page updates when that changes. See the recall log

SAME LINE

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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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