INSTINCT
Instinct Raw Longevity Bites Grass-Fed Beef & Wild-Caught Cod Recipe Frozen Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Instinct Raw Longevity Bites Grass-Fed Beef & Wild-Caught Cod Recipe Frozen Dog Food are Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Kidney, Beef Spleen, and Beef Heart. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 0.0%.
Ingredient Wiki
Beef
The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Beef Liver
The liver of cattle, an organ meat.
Beef Kidney
The kidney of cattle, an organ meat used in recipes built around whole-animal nutrition.
Beef Spleen
The spleen of cattle, an organ meat used in whole-prey style recipes.
Beef Heart
The heart muscle of cattle, a muscle meat rather than an organ.
Guaranteed
Analysis
As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”
- Calories
- 1,602 kcal/kg
- Crude Protein (min.)
- 13.0%
- Crude Fat (min.)
- 9.0%
- Crude Fiber (max.)
- 3.0%
- Moisture (max.)
- 70.0%
- Starch ratio (calculated)
- 0.0%
213 kcal per cup. This food is 30% 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
Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Kidney, Beef Spleen, Beef Heart, Ground Cod, Yellow Squash, Apples, Carrots, Ground Miscanthus Grass, Ground Flaxseed, Montmorillonite Clay, Fish Oil, Spinach, Broccoli, Blueberries, Cranberries, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement), 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., Yeast Culture, Taurine, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate), Tricalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, 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 | 13.0% | 43.3% | HIGH |
| FAT | 9.0% | 30.0% | n/a |
| FIBRE | 3.0% | 10.0% | n/a |
| CARB (EST.) | 0.0% | 10.0% | LOW |
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 | 43.3% | 40.0% | 32.3% |
| CARB, DM | 10% | 27% | 39% |
| STARCH RATIO | 0.0% | 24.5% | 37.84% |
| KCAL / CUP | 213 | 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.