The Honest Kitchen Human Grade Wholemade Whole Grain, Veggie & Fruit Base Mix Dehydrated Dog Food, 7-lb box

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  • Human-Grade
  • No Corn No Wheat No Soy
  • Vegetarian
  • Non-GMO
  • Vitamins & Minerals
  • Made in USA
  • All Lifestages
  • All Breeds
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  • Just add warm water for a wholesome and delicious meal that rehydrates to 4 times its weight.
  • This recipe does all the prep work for you by creating a healthy base for your own creations, so it’s great for raw feeders and home cookers, plus it’s suitable for adult and senior dogs of all breeds and sizes.
  • This base mix dog food is made with gently dehydrated ingredients and is designed to be mixed with meat or fish (sold separately), based on your furbaby’s protein restrictions or preference.
  • This recipe is 100% human grade, and is made with human grade ingredients and produced in a human food facility for higher quality ingredients and more safety standards.
  • This food contains no preservatives, by-products, fillers, GMO ingredients, corn, wheat, or soy.

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About The Honest Kitchen's Dehydrated Base Mix Recipes

Dehydrated Base Mix for Home Cooks

The Honest Kitchen’s Dehydrated Base Mix recipes combine the convenience of simply adding water with the freedom to choose your own protein. These hearty, nutrient-rich mixes are available in both grain-free and grain-inclusive options!

Just Add Water & Protein! 

Cut out the prep work of home-cooking your dog’s food by using this healthy Base Mix at mealtime.

Simply mix the Base Mix with your pup’s favorite raw or cooked protein for a complete meal that’s nutritious, delicious and ready to serve!

The Benefits of Dehydrated Foods

A Less-Processed Process

Gentle dehydration maximizes the taste and nutrition of the whole food ingredients, without any preservatives.

Makes 4x the Weight of Food

Each 10-lb. box makes 40 lbs. of pet food when rehydrated! That makes these nutritionally dense recipes easier to carry and compact to store.

Easily Digestible

All the ingredients are finely diced to allow for easier digestion and nutrient absorption.

Highest Quality Ingredients

Made with carefully sourced human-grade ingredients, these recipes contain zero meat meals, GMO ingredients, by-products, fillers, corn, wheat, or soy—ever.

The Wholesome Benefits of Whole Foods

From improved skin and coat to better digestion, restored energy and more, pet parents have reported how an Honest Kitchen diet has helped their pets live happier, healthier lives.

The Honest Kitchen has collected thousands of their stories to show just how much these vet-recommended recipes have transformed the lives of pets.

Raising the Bar on Pet Food Since 2002

Since day one, The Honest Kitchen has been committed to crafting healthy foods for pets that meet human-grade standards and exceed expectations.

Wholesome Ingredients

Honest Kitchen foods are made with wholesome, non-GMO ingredients that you can recognize and pronounce.

Trusted Sources

The Honest Kitchen only sources from folks they know and trust, including a few they started with back in 2002.

Superior Quality & Safety

All recipes are made in a human food facility with safety standards 7x more stringent than those for feed-grade foods.

Good Goes Beyond the Bowl

As a public benefit corporation, they prioritize social and environmental initiatives in their business practices.

About The Honest Kitchen

Founded in 2002 by Lucy Postins as one of the pioneering human-grade pet food brands, The Honest Kitchen believes that the best foods are made with the best ingredients. That is why they only use real ingredients you’d recognize from your own kitchen, and only source from folks they know and trust—and who meet their uncompromising standards. It’s what they call The Honest Difference, and once you try it, you’ll see the difference it makes for your pets.

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Questions & Answers

11 Customer Questions

Can I use it everyday? The instruction on box says its only for intermittent supplement

Answer by Chewy • Jan 31, 2021
This base may be used daily as long as it is made complete and balanced by adding a protein and water as directed in the feeding recommendations.

How many cups are in a 7lb box?

Answer by Chewy • May 31, 2021
The 7 lb box has 29 dry cups of dehydrated dog food.

How much meat should be added per cup of base mix?

Answer by Chewy • Dec 07, 2023
On the back of the box there is a suggested amount of protein to add in cups based on your dogs weight and activity level. The Honest Kitchen advises you measure out the meat in its raw form for better accuracy. It is suggested to make up to 3-4 days worth of food. The food can always be frozen once it has been re-hydrated.

Can I use bone broth as the liquid to add?

Answer by Chewy • Feb 03, 2025
The bone broth can be used as a substitute for water to hydrate the base mix.
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146 Customer Reviews

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Chris on Oct 14, 2025

Lower quality now

I've been feeding this base mix to my pups for a long time as I felt it was a relatively clean food product and was pleased with the way the food was processed

I've been feeding this base mix to my pups for a long time as I felt it was a relatively clean food product and was pleased with the way the food was processed. The recipe has changed, and not for the better in my eyes. They no longer use organic ingredients and the percentage of grains has increased. Grains that are not organic most always undergo a quick harvesting/drying process using glyphosate (Roundup) and will contain a high pesticide/herbicide residual. How does this make the base mix a wholesome product? Exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Ingredient list on Chewy's website is outdated. Double checked with HK and the rep confirmed the change to non-organic but boasted they are non-GMO. UGH. Non-GMO is not a selling point to me if you cover the final product in pesticides. Moving on to a different brand of food.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By GSDsmom on Dec 10, 2025

Using as a topper on dry foods

One of my dogs has AG issue, and wanted to add extra fiber on her dry food. Seems helped!!! now, I add this product on other dogs. They love it!!

One of my dogs has AG issue, and wanted to add extra fiber on her dry food. Seems helped!!! now, I add this product on other dogs. They love it!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Cooper on Dec 5, 2025

Updated formula

During rebrand company changed formula and it can cause UTI. Other formulations by this company cause also cause UTI, even prior to rebrand.

During rebrand company changed formula and it can cause UTI. Other formulations by this company cause also cause UTI, even prior to rebrand.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Kathleen on Aug 28, 2025

Wow!!

My dog has a meat protein allergy and is restricted with what he can eat. I am pleased to say BOTH of my dogs gobbled this up like it was file mignon! I have never

My dog has a meat protein allergy and is restricted with what he can eat. I am pleased to say BOTH of my dogs gobbled this up like it was file mignon! I have never seen my dogs so eager to eat as when I start mixing this up. The instructions are easy and this seems like quality food. My dogs haven't had an single sign of upset stomach that you sometimes see when switching foods. I am currently mixing it with their dry kibble and they are very very happy pups! Only one has the protein allergy, but both are eating the food because they love it so much!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Sharon on Aug 3, 2025

Picky dog approved with some special tweaking!

This is what I wanted our pup to eat! Great human grade ingredients and I wanted to add the protein myself. He was not a fan of the oatmeal texture, whether thin

This is what I wanted our pup to eat! Great human grade ingredients and I wanted to add the protein myself. He was not a fan of the oatmeal texture, whether thin or thick. I came up with an idea and he now eats every meal with excitement and polishes his bowl clean! I measure out the raw meat (which I buy ground or grind myself - I switch between lean chicken breast, lean turkey, pork tenderloin, cod and occasional beef). I mix the days raw protein with the days rehydrated base mix, add a binder (egg, flax or chia egg, or greek yogurt, etc.) and form into 2 doggie meatloafs for the day. I bake at 350 for about 35 minutes. When it's time for a meal, I heat the loaf in the microwave, and then break it all up with a fork. I top this with one of the Honest Kitchen bone broth powders mixed with warm water and his supplements. He eats like a King!! I do make up several days at once and also freeze for later when I make up more than 3 or 4 days worth. I hope this idea is helpful for someone else who's pup is not fond of oatmeal:)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Bettie on Oct 1, 2025

The smell

Since I took my babies off dry kibble and started them on the Honest Kitchen base mix their allergies are better, they don't chew their paws. I mix 2 bases, use

Since I took my babies off dry kibble and started them on the Honest Kitchen base mix their allergies are better, they don't chew their paws. I mix 2 bases, use my own protein , they are happy boys

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By mona on Sep 25, 2025

Ingredients

My cavie is on grain free food and she needs her healthy grains. I’m on her second shipment and she is doing great on it. I mix with water and add her food to i

My cavie is on grain free food and she needs her healthy grains. I’m on her second shipment and she is doing great on it. I mix with water and add her food to it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Margo on Jun 21, 2025

I have used this food for three different dogs now and I love it and so do they

I feed my dogs the best that I can and to me this is it. I can cook them fresh meat or fish and add itto the space mix and no, they are getting a full and complete

I feed my dogs the best that I can and to me this is it. I can cook them fresh meat or fish and add itto the space mix and no, they are getting a full and complete nutritional profile. I worry about these fresh foods that you can buy Being exposed to heat. I just can’t trust that a truck driver isn’t going to stop and have a long, slow lunch and let some defrosting take place or worse yet, complete defrosting. By using this human grade base mix, which is dehydrated, I don’t have to worry about that. And when we’re having dinner, I just make enough extra of whatever protein we’re having it and mix it with her base mix. I domake the base mix one day ahead and keep it in the refrigerator. By doing this, I can add extra water to it which creates morevolume so my dog is getting a really big bowl of food, but not extra calories. She is very hungry because she’s on prednisone and this helps to satisfy her. Making it a day ahead also allows it to hydrate more thoroughly makes it very digestible. I highly recommend this food and this company.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Alana on Aug 16, 2025

Product has changed

My Scottie/Yorkie mix & Chihuahua-mix furbabies have been eating this food for at least 5-6 years. They love their "homemade" food made with chicken (breasts or

My Scottie/Yorkie mix & Chihuahua-mix furbabies have been eating this food for at least 5-6 years. They love their "homemade" food made with chicken (breasts or thighs, occasionally ground), beef or turkey (usually ground, though on occasion non-ground). Vet checks show that they are extremely healthy & they still get puppy-zoomies every day.... it's hard for me to believe they are already 8 years old! My recent order of this came in a different box... I assumed it was new packaging because I think they've had the same packaging with the same dog on it ever since I started buying it, so seemed time for a change. I didn't notice the difference in the food while making it, but my dogs sure noticed this stuff isn't the same as it used to be & I was puzzled at first why they were both sniffing their food & not digging in as usual. I dug the old box out of the trash & saw that the ingredient list on the side changed slightly,.. first I noticed that all the vegetables no longer say "organic" in front of them, though this my dogs probably wouldn't notice. The rest of the ingredient list has slight changes that didn't seem things my dogs would notice (doubt they'd notice kelp & turmeric are lower on the list & it now has salt near the end of the list). (See my image of the new box ingredients.) But then I compared the amounts in small print on the side of the new box... it kind of seems like they're hiding it there compared to how it used to be very large print on the front & side of the box. I saw how it now has considerably more grains & less vegetables. (See images) It used to have 4 3/4 scoops of oats.... it now has 6 1/2 scoops. Quinoa used to be 1 1/3 cups... now is 2 1/3 cups. 1 1/3 small pumpkin is now 1. 5 1/2 cored apples is now 5. 2 3/4 bunches of parsnips is now 2 1/3. 7 handfuls of green beans is now 6. Cranberries are still 16 handfuls. My dogs did finally eat their new food after I added extra chicken to it... & I'm pretty sure in another meal or two they'll get used to the change in flavor. Their bms did not seem to change, so that's a good thing. But I'm not sure if I'm happy about the increase in grains vs veggies. And I'm certainly not happy that I bought this assuming it was the same product, but it has changed from what is currently shown here on Chewy's website. Had I known about the change I would have tried to get the old formula elsewhere. I'm now going to try ordering a box from another site & if they send me the old formulation, I'll be stocking up on a couple more while they still have it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Debra on Jul 17, 2025

Too pasty

I really didn’t want the base mix with grain. I wanted the fruit and veggie base mix. Somehow I received the grain mix instead. When I changed the auto delivery

I really didn’t want the base mix with grain. I wanted the fruit and veggie base mix. Somehow I received the grain mix instead. When I changed the auto delivery for the next shipment to the fruit and veggie version I ended up receiving an email telling me that you were sending the nut and seed. I ended up cancelling the subscription.