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%.
- protein
- fat
- fibre
- moisture
- ash, assumed
- starch, derived
Ingredient Wiki
Chicken
The clean flesh of the chicken, with or without skin, used fresh. Roughly 70% of its weight is water, most…
Chicken Meal
Chicken that has been cooked, dried and ground into a concentrated meal, with most of the water and fat removed.
Barley
The grain of the barley plant, one of the older cultivated cereals.
Brown Rice
Rice with only the inedible outer hull removed, so the bran and germ stay on the grain.
Oatmeal
Oats that have been rolled or ground, used as a whole grain carbohydrate.
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
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.
| 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 |
Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density. A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.
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 |
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
Other Flavours
Protein on a dry matter basis, read the same way.