Vital Essentials Beef Freeze-Dried Raw Grain-Free Dog & Cat Food Topper, 6-oz bag
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Dogs and cats know what they want. They want real meat for dinner. Give your loved one a taste of real meat with Vital Essentials Beef Toppers for dogs & cats. No grains, no gluten, no fillers - just real, fresh meat. Locally sourced from America’s heartland, with a perfect blend of fresh, wholesome beef, bone and organ meats. Offer as a top dress on kibble or canned or as an appetite stimulant for picky eaters, a protein boost, or simply to get the benefits of a living raw food into your pets everyday diet. Anyway you serve it, you can’t go wrong; the benefits are visible within weeks - Long live pets!
Key Benefits- Sourced with 100% USA beef meat, organs and bones and made with a freeze-drying process that is low and slow to retain the original nutrients.
- Top your pet’s food with this topper to help ensure she is getting the protein needed for strong bones.
- Provides complete and balanced nutrition and may be served as a meal, supplement or a meal mixer.
- Made without added high sugar flavor additions, fillers or rendered by-products.
- Freeze-dried raw food is easy for dogs and cats to digest, which makes it easier for them to retain key nutrients, ultimately creating less waste. You may notice fewer eliminations or stools that are firmer, near odorless and/or smaller in size.
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Item Number277810
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Weight6 ounces
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LifestageAdult
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Breed SizeSmall Breeds, Medium Breeds, Large Breeds
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Food FormFreeze-Dried, Food Topping, Treats
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Special DietGrain-Free, Gluten Free, Limited Ingredient Diet, Raw, Pea-Free, Natural
Beef, Beef Tripe, Beef Lung, Ground Beef Bone, Beef Liver, Beef Heart, Beef Kidney, Beef Blood, Beef Fat, Herring Oil (Natural Source of Vitamin D), Mixed Tocopherols (Natural Antioxidant) D-Alpha Tocopherol (Natural Vitamin E).
Caloric Content184 kcal/oz
| Guaranteed Analysis | |
|---|---|
| Crude Protein | 42.0% min |
| Crude Fat | 32.0% min |
| Crude Fiber | 1.9% max |
| Moisture | 7.5% max |
Add as a topper, supplement with your current food or feed as a complete meal. Can be fed as is or rehydrated with warm water. After adding water let sit for a few minutes and then serve.
| Weight | Daily Feeding (tbsp) |
|---|---|
| Up to 12 lbs | 3 |
| 12 - 23 lbs | 6 |
| 24+ lbs | 12 |
| Supplemental | 3 - 6 |
Feed up to double the amount for puppies and pregnant or nursing dogs. Individual requirements may vary.
Wash hands, utensils, counters, food dishes and related areas thoroughly with hot, soapy water after each feeding. Store freeze - dried products in a cool dark place. Best if fed within 30 days after opening.
Switch to a purely RAW diet slowly. Some pets may take to RAW immediately, while others may take longer. Take at least 10 days to 2 weeks to gradually transition your pet’s diet. This gives the digestive system time to adjust to the new food.
- Step 1: Choose a protein (stick with the same protein for the first 2 weeks)
- Step 2 (Day 1 - 3): Serve 25% RAW mixed with 75% current food
- Step 3 (Day 4 - 6): Serve 50% RAW mixed with 50% current food
- Step 4 (Day 7 - 9): Serve 75% RAW mixed with 25% current food
- Step 5 (Day 10 and after): Serve 100% RAW
Always provide access to clean, fresh water.
About Vital Essentials Food Toppers
Vital Essentials Toppers
Reward your best friend with pure, raw meat. Vital Essentials Freeze-Dried Toppers are loaded with the essential nutrition dogs and cats instinctively crave. These meal enhancers will provide an added boost of healthy protein and perk your pup or kitty up at meal time.
Nutrition Boost: Raw Toppers
These 100% protein food toppers for cats and dogs come in tasty Chicken, Beef and Turkey flavors. They can be used as a nutrition-boosting supplement to your pet’s current food, a delicious mix-in to tempt even picky eaters, or as a gravy pour over when mixed with water. Serve them any way your furry friend prefers!
Limited Ingredient, Raw and Made in the USA
Vital Essentials toppers are minimally processed, crafted from limited ingredients, and made and packaged in the USA. They contain no fillers, grain or artificial ingredients, just a wholesome meat-based recipe that’s nutritious and meets a dog’s instinctive cravings.
100% Made in the USA
Food toppers made with custom-sourced meats. Made and packaged in America’s heartland, for safety and integrity you can count on.
Limited Ingredient
Made using the fewest, most essential raw ingredients to provide high-quality nutrition and enticing taste. Great for picky eaters, too!
Grain Free & Gluten Free
Certified gluten free, grain free toppers with no fillers like wheat, corn or soy, and no rendered by-products or artificial ingredients.
Freeze-Dried Raw
Freeze-dried using a unique 48-hour process to preserve essential nutrients and lock in the real meat flavor pets love.
Pure Protein: Mix-Ins
Real meat is the #1 ingredient! Meat contains antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals—the building blocks for a healthy, vital life. Meat is also a great source of taurine and amino acids, which help keep eyes and heart muscles healthy. It also supplies protein, which promotes energy and a feeling of fullness. Your pet will never be bored at mealtime when these mix-ins are on the menu.
About Vital Essentials
Vital Essentials believes that every pet deserves access to the finest quality food and treats, so they strive to produce the most healthy, delicious, innovative and biologically appropriate pet food available. Vital Essentials foods are made right here in the USA, using real, ethically sourced, humanely harvested meat and only the finest ingredients. Your best friend deserves nothing less.
Customer Reviews
92% Recommend
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My dog loves it!!
By Cacau on May 27, 2021
I don't normally write reviews, but my dog gets so excited whenever I mix this with his regular food that I had to!
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Great for my picky dog
By MPulse on Apr 25, 2021
This has changed the way my lab eats! No more turning her nose at her food, she loves this as a topper to her dry food
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My dogs love this
By Ljoy on Apr 11, 2021
Added to my very picky pups food while sneaking in his needed medications, he ate as if their were no crushed pills added!
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Good meal topper
By Elif on Jan 16, 2021
I have purchased the mini Nubes in the past and thought I would get this instead to try a different protein. As a food topper the dogs really liked it. I was surprised because they haven’t liked other brands that are the finer food topper (like fine crumbles).
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Will definitely buy again
By AmiMom on Dec 16, 2020
I use this food topper to save those food Ami does not like. Worked well so far! Then I was so surprised yesterday when I fed Ami boiled egg yolk, he ran to the kitchen and dragged this product from the shelf! He wanted his egg yolk dish with beef topper! Will definitely buy again. And I will try the chicken flavor next time!
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Moxie loves!
By Moxie on Jan 1, 2021
Our dog loves VE VitalEssentials. I just add a teaspoon with her breakfast and she licks the bowl clean.
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Great Product
By VitalEssentials on Jan 27, 2021
This is a great product I use it to put on her food and she loves it.
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Cat is obsessed
By Perfect on Dec 28, 2020
Our 6 month cat found this in a box and loved it so much he ate through the package!!!
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Didn't work for me
By Jessica on Jun 27, 2020
First off please be aware I have an incredibly picky dog. I've tried the Magic Dust, Stella's Raw food topper, as well as various other mixers that were more of less treats sprinkled in. Nothing has ever made it easy for my dog to actually eat his kibble. He eats wet food okay, but even that he will turn his nose up to more often than not. Because my dog loves Vital Essential treats (minnows for the win!) I thought he might like this. He won't touch it. However, I do add this to another dog's food I have (he will literally eat dirt if I put it in his bowl) so it isn't a total loss. He doesn't care for it as much as other things I've tried though. So, I would not recommend for extreme picky First off please be aware I have an incredibly picky dog. I've tried the Magic Dust, Stella's Raw food topper, as well as various other mixers that were more of less treats sprinkled in. Nothing has ever made it easy for my dog to actually eat his kibble. He eats wet food okay, but even that he will turn his nose up to more often than not. Because my dog loves Vital Essential treats (minnows for the win!) I thought he might like this. He won't touch it. However, I do add this to another dog's food I have (he will literally eat dirt if I put it in his bowl) so it isn't a total loss. He doesn't care for it as much as other things I've tried though. So, I would not recommend for extreme picky eater. I've got some things I want to try next so hopefully I will have better luck then. … more
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Inconsistent
By Haley on Jul 8, 2020
My dogs have loved this as a topper, so when they ran out I ordered another bag. The original bag I received was the powder form of food so I was able to mix with water. The second bag was all large pellets of freeze dried food so I ran out of it very quickly.
