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Instinct Freshly Crafted Meals Grass-Fed Beef Recipe Dog Food Topper

A topper in 11.2 oz servings, made to add to a bowl rather than to feed on its own. With the water taken out it is 45% protein and 10% fat.

  • Topper, not a complete meal
  • 11.2 oz serving
  • 80% water
Protein is 45.0% once the water is taken out, above the topper median of 42%. The label prints 9.0% because that figure includes the water.
PROTEIN, WATER OUT
45.0%
KCAL / SERVING
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FAT, WATER OUT
10.0%
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Instinct Freshly Crafted Meals Grass-Fed Beef Recipe Dog Food Topper

Ingredient Wiki

FIRST 5 OF 21 COMPONENTS
Beef

Beef

The clean flesh of cattle, used fresh. Like all fresh meats it is mostly water before cooking.
Beef Broth

Beef Broth

The liquid produced by simmering beef, used to add moisture and flavor.
Pork

Pork

The clean flesh of the pig, used fresh.
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

The tuber of the sweet potato plant, cooked and used as a grain-free carbohydrate. Botanically unrelated to the ordinary potato.
Pumpkin

Pumpkin

The flesh of the pumpkin squash, used cooked or dried in dog food.
READING THE LIST

What’s in the serving

First meat
Beef, first on the list. Named meats near the top: Beef and Pork.
Thickeners and binders
None we recognize.
Added color
None listed.
Flagged additives
None from our list.

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the serving, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
9.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
2.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
2.0%
Moisture (max.)
80.0%

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Full Ingredient
Declaration

Exactly as the serving prints it, heaviest first

SALT DIVIDER

Beef, Beef Broth, Pork, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkin, Brown Rice, Spinach, Carrots, Beef Liver, Tapioca, Tricalcium Phosphate, Sunflower Oil, Salmon Oil, Vitamins (Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 Supplement), 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., Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Sage, Thyme, Rosemary

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 WITH THE WATER TAKEN OUT

Wet food is mostly water, so the label’s percentages look small next to kibble. Taking the water out is the only fair way to compare it with other foods.

NUTRIENT ON THE LABEL WATER OUT TOPPER MEDIAN
PROTEIN 9.0% 45.0% 42.1%
FAT 2.0% 10.0% 18.8%
FIBER 2.0% 10.0% -
CARBS (EST.) - 25.0% -

Carbohydrate is not on any label: it is what is left after protein, fat, fiber, water and an assumed 2% ash.

AMONG 265 TOPPERS
Protein, water out
45%
Higher than 63%. Median 42%.
Water
80%
Wetter than 58%. Median 74%.
PRICE BY PACK SIZE

What a serving costs

SIZE LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
11.2 oz $6.99 $9.99 Chewy lowest of 2 stores

Prices are from our check on Sep 30. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

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

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Protein with the water taken out, read the same way.

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Other topper recipes with the closest protein, fat and moisture as fed, the way the label prints them. Prescription diets are left out.

PRICE PER POUND

Lower-priced alternative

I and Love and You Top That Wit Lamb Recipe in Gravy Dog Food Topper
I and Love and You $6.93/lb
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$6.93/lb vs $9.99/lb for this recipe. A similar protein, fat and moisture profile for less per pound, from the lowest price per pound we have saved for each. Prices change; check before you buy.

One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, calories, 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 serving. 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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