Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Recipe with Real Salmon Freeze-Dried Raw Coated Dry Dog Food

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  • Limited ingredient recipe includes just one animal protein and one vegetable for pets with food sensitivities.
  • Made with wild-caught salmon, an easily digestible protein rich in omega-3 fatty acids that provides all the essential amino acids.
  • Guaranteed levels of natural omegas and antioxidants promote a healthy skin and coat plus immune health.
  • Made in the USA using premium ingredients from around the world, with the pure nutrition of raw in every piece.
  • Never contains any grain, dairy, eggs, chicken, beef, fish, sweet potato, potato, chickpeas, corn, wheat, soy or artificial colors or preservatives.

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About Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Kibble for Dogs

Limited Ingredient Diet

When your pet has food sensitivities, knowing exactly what’s in their food is important. That’s why our ingredient list is purposefully simple.

1 Animal Protein & 1 Vegetable

Instinct Limited Ingredient kibble is purposefully crafted with a simple ingredient list for pets with food sensitivities. Unlike most other pet foods, each recipe contains just one animal protein and one vegetable—that’s it!

Simple and Essential Raw Coated Kibble

LESS IS MORE

These recipes are made without grain, potato, sweet potato, corn, wheat, soy, chickpeas or artificial colors or preservatives. They are also completely free from chicken, beef, dairy and eggs.

EASILY DIGESTIBLE

Nutrient-rich, easily digestible protein is included to provide your pet with all the essential amino acids she needs.

OMEGAS

Omega fatty acids help promote healthy skin and a lustrous coat.

ANTIOXIDANTS

Instinct’s Limited Ingredient Diet Cat Food contains antioxidants to support your feline’s immune health.

RAW COATING

Instinct crushes and tumbles their freeze-dried raw with their kibble, ensuring raw is on every piece!

The Benefits of Raw

Instinct believes that eating a diet rich in raw, unprocessed foods is just as good for our pets as it is for us. They make every meal with the understanding that real, less-processed, whole raw foods can have the power to transform lives.

Better Digestion

More Energy & Vitality

Weight Improvement

Improved Skin And Coat

Excitement At Mealtime

About Instinct

Instinct has been crafting and perfecting raw recipes for over 15 years. From 100% raw frozen meals to freeze-dried, raw-coated kibble, Instinct gives you a variety of ways to incorporate raw into your pet’s diet. Their raw recipes are crafted in their own kitchens in Lincoln, Nebraska, to ensure the highest standards in quality and food safety according to SQF standards.
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Questions & Answers

17 Customer Questions


Montmorillonite Clay is listed as the 6th ingredient, is this: Terramin Calcium-Montmorillonite clay? (the good stuff) or drilling mud-Montmorillonite Clay? (bad stuff)?
Answer by ChewyOct 17, 2018
Montmorillonite Clay is an ingredient in all of Instinct's food. They use Montmorillonite Clay (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminosilicate) sourced from deposits in southern Utah. If you look at the chemical name for Montmorillonite Clay, you will see both sodium and calcium right at start of the chemical formula. If the given clay has a larger percentage of sodium than calcium, it is often shortened in descriptions to Sodium Montmorillonite. If the given clay has a larger percentage of calcium than sodium, it is often shortened in descriptions to Calcium Montmorillonite. The source of the natural clay that is used in their products is higher in calcium than sodium and is described as “Calcium Montmorillonite” but Instinct elects to simply describe it as Montmorillonite Clay. Montmorillonite Clay is approved by AAFCO for use as an anticaking processing aid to adsorb excess moisture and to help keep the food from clumping. Nature's Variety is committed to using high quality, safe ingredients. Their vendor tests the Montmorillonite Clay used in the diets for dioxins and it is guaranteed dioxin-free.

Does Instinct by Natures Variety use any ingriedients from China?
Answer by ChewyNov 02, 2022
Instinct sources most of their ingredients from the U.S. and turn to other locations only as needed. They are very stringent on their sourcing and have good relationships built with their vendors for quality ingredients. Instinct takes every step to source non-China ingredients where they can. They do not source any of their meat, poultry or fish from China. Their raw frozen or freeze-dried diets are also not made with any ingredients from China. Their kibble and wet diets may contain minor ingredients (vitamins, trace nutrients) sourced from China to ensure supply is guaranteed. Instinct's approved supplier has put in measures to assure food safety and traceability from a trusted supply chain.

Does this contain Taurine? For heart health?
Answer by ChewyAug 24, 2020
Taurine is found naturally within meat, with the level varying depending on the type of meat.

can i feed this to my 6 month old aussie?
Answer by ChewyNov 22, 2018
This formula is intended for adult dogs.


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80 Customer Reviews



Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Neal on Oct 24, 2023

Instinct

As long as my dog is eating well and the kibble seems better than most other brands.


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Shelley on Feb 26, 2023

Love Chewys!

Chewys makes it work. If they are out of your regular order they'll still make sure your child gets food!


Rated 2 out of 5 stars
By Darnold on Jan 25, 2023

Bad food for dog

When product was received it had a bad stinch to it, dog ate it 3 times today he started throwing up need my refund...


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Lori on Nov 30, 2022

Healthy Dry Food Choice

Dogs love it. Helps them maintain a healthy coat. Senior dog has a limited diet and this is a good choice for him and our other dog can eat it as well.


Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By AnnesMom on Sep 3, 2022

Disappointing

I was very hopeful that my dog would like this product but when I put a half cup down for her a few minutes after it arrived she walked over to the dish, sniffed it, looked at me as if saying..."you don't really expect me to eat this do you?" and that was that, she has completely ignored it since. I will have to look for something else and I can't in good conscience recommend it if my little dog won't even take a second look at it.


Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By TAGS on Aug 27, 2022

Didn’t work for my Boxer

I gave this food a one star simply because it didn’t work for my Boxer who has problems with food allergies and yeast infections not because of the product itself. I went back to Nutrish Limited Salmon. His scratching and licking settled down almost immediately of stopping the Instinct so I know the Instinct just isn’t good for my baby.


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By sandy on Jan 24, 2023

instinct limited ingredient dog food

always great product. Always speedy delivery. Would recommend.


Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By gross on Dec 5, 2022

grossest bag ever

Normally it’s fine this time the entire bag was mildew threw it out before I could get a picture


Rated 2 out of 5 stars
By Jenny on Aug 15, 2022

It's a no-go

The hyper-picky dog turned up her nose at this one. And the greedy, eats everything dog, only ate it when it was the only choice at the end of the day. It has pretty clean ingredients and not too many which I was happy about. Just wish the dogs cared about that and would eat it.


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Simba on Jul 7, 2022

Limited Ingredients—Instinct

My dog has food allergies. Had an allergy test. He needs to eat limited ingredients. Glad I tried Instinct. The salmon does not smell like typical fish. I tried other fish kibble and my dog disliked it. Excellent limited ingredients option. No soy, corn, potatoes, wheat, dairy, eggs, etc. I wish I fed my dog limited ingredients from the start. Much healthier. I narrowed down the kibble limited ingredients options to Instinct and Natural Balance.