How Much Instinct to Feed Dog

Updated 14 May 2021 647 647 people have viewed this product in the last month Overview Nutrition Pricing Company Similar foods Comments Update Chicken Beef Tripe Chicken & Lamb Lamb Tripe & Turkey Natural Instinct Adult Type of food Complete raw Dog types Pet dogs Breed sizes ✔ Suitable for toy breed dogs Adult weight 1-4kg. e.g. Chihuahua, Pomeranian, Yorkshire Terrier ✔ Suitable for small breed dogs Adult weight 4-10kg. e.g. Beagle, Dachshund, Jack Russell ✔ Suitable for medium breed dogs Adult weight 10-25kg. e.g. Border Collie, Staffie, Springer, Vizsla ✔ Suitable for large breed dogs Adult weight 25-45kg. e.g. Boxer, Labrador, Greyhound ✔ Suitable for giant breed dogs Adult weight 45kg+ e.g. Bernese, Great Dane, Mastiff Dog ages From 12 months to old age Pack sizes 250g, 500g & 1kg tubs RRP 1kg tubs = £3.50 ADD TO COMPARE At a glance Natural: Free from added artificial preservatives, antioxidants, colourings, flavourings or other controversial synthetic ingredients High meat content: Contains at least 30% meat ingredients (on a dry matter basis) Hypoallergenic: Free from wheat, maize, dairy products, soya products and artificial additives Clearly labelled: Each ingredient is clearly and individually stated and there is at least a reasonable indication of the percentages of the main ingredients Certified nutritionally complete: This food complies fully with the complete food nutrient tolerances as recommended by FEDIAF and/or AAFCO Shop for this food Nutrition Typical Analysis Protein 14.1%, Fat 12.8%, Fibre 1.6%, Ash 3.8%, Moisture 67.1%, Sodium 0.10%, Calcium 1.10%, Phosphorus 0.70%. Dry weight nutrients Above average Average Below average * NFE carbohydrate level (i.e. not including fibre). Level estimated from available data. Pricing 1kg tubs RRP £3.50 Grams per day 0g Cost per day £ Approved supplier: Natural Instinct store finder: Store finder Company See less ▲ more ▼ Manufacturer's product description " We believe in the saying "You are what you eat". This certainly applies to our dogs and cats who trust us to provide them with the best possible diet. Feeding a Biologically Appropriate Raw Food ("BARF") diet to your dogs or cats will provide them with all the essential vitamins, minerals and essential proteins that they need for an active and healthy life. Feeding our complete meals you can also be assured that you are giving them the very best, balanced diet made from all natural, 100% British, human grade ingredients with no cereal or fillers. Just as nature intended. We are of the opinion that all dogs and cats deserve this diet with the visible improvements that it brings to their health and well-being. We also pride ourselves at Natural Instinct on providing you with the most effective and convenient means of feeding raw food to your dogs and cats. " Similar foods COMPARE Prodog Raw Complete Raw Dog Food Per day £1.49 Rating 95 % COMPARE Natural Instinct Special Diet Per day £1.43 Rating 93 % COMPARE Nutriment Kidney Support Per day £2.63 Rating 93 % COMPARE Natures Menu Original Banquet Nuggets Per day £1.78 Rating 92 % COMPARE Benyfit Natural Adult Sensitive Per day £1.44 Rating 95 %

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Suitable for all breeds of dogs

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Mixing bowl composition

This is the ingredients list as printed on the packaging or manufacturer's website.

Think of the 'mixing bowl' composition like a recipe - all the ingredients you would need to put in a 'mixing bowl' in order to make the food.

Ingredients have to be listed in descending order of their weight so the higher it appears, the more there is.

Highlighted ingredients

Ingredients that we believe to be controversial or inferior are highlighted in yellow with particularly low grade, highly contentious or excessively vague ingredients in red.

Information in italics is not usually avaialble on the ingredients list but has been provided to us by the manufacturer to help with our ratings.

As fed composition

While the 'mixing bowl' composition is useful for knowing what went into the food, it doesn't always reflect what your dog is actually eating. This is because the processes that turn the ingredients into the finished pet food can significantly alter the relative weights of the ingredients.

For this reason we've calculated the approximate 'as fed' percentages for the main ingredient categories in the finished product.

Please note that these figures are very approximate. They are estimates based on the information provided by the manufacturer in the ingredients list so the clearer the terminology and the more percentages they provide, the more accurate our estimates will be. Wherever information is lacking, we always assume the worst.

Ingredient categories

◉ Meat ingredients: includes all meat and fish ingredients except isolated fats/oils.

◉Added oils and fats: includes all isolated oil and fat ingredients.

◉ Carb-rich ingredients: includes all ingredients derived from grains, pseudo-grains, potatoes and other starchy root vegetables, sweet potato and legumes (except whole peas which are categorised under fruit and veg) except for isolated protein and extracted oils. Also includes fibre supplements.

◉ Fruit and veg: includes all whole vegetables and fruits.

◉ Other: all other ingredients. Mostly made up by nutritional supplements and additives.

For more information on any ingredient, please take a look at our Dog Food Ingredient Glossary

The dry matter level of a nutrient is the percentage there would be in the food if all of the water was removed.

With water taken out of the equation, these figures allow the nutrient levels of foods of different types (like wet and dry) to be compared on an even playing field.

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The price per day of feeding this food based on feeding the manufacturer's recommended daily amount from 1kg tubs bought at their rrp to a dog of:

Note: All suggested feeding amounts and costs are only approximate and may vary considerably from dog to dog. Be sure to contact the manufacturer if in any doubt.

93 out of 100  -  Excellent

Our unique product ratings are calculated based on a number of characteristics including the quality and quantity of the stated ingredients, certain nutritional and technological additives and the processing methods used to create the food. They are designed to indicate how beneficial we think a food is likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed on a daily basis for an extended period. Click here for more information

Country of origin: United Kingdom

A technological additive is any substance added to a pet food "for a technological purpose and which favourably affects the characteristics of feed".

The most common categories of technological additives include preservatives and antioxidants, gelling agents and thickeners and probiotics.

While the primary effects of technoloical additives are certainly 'favourable' (increased shelf life in the case of preservatives & antioxidants, better food texture and consistency in the case of gelling agents and thickeners etc.) some have been linked to health problems in pets and should be treated with caution.

Unfortunately, many technological additives do not have to be declared by the manufacturer so just because they do not appear on the label does not necessarily mean they are not in the food. If in doubt, ask the manufacturer directly exactly what technological additives their foods contain.

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