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 Liver, Beef Heart, Beef Kidney, Herring Oil, Mixed Tocopherol (Preservative), Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex.
Caloric Content4500 kcal/kg, 64 kcal/tbsp
| Guaranteed Analysis | |
|---|---|
| Crude Protein | 40.0% min |
| Crude Fat | 23.0% min |
| Crude Fiber | 5.0% max |
| Moisture | 8.0% 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
91% Recommend
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Raw food ticket for picky cat
By Amyc on Nov 17, 2021
This is the ticket for my picky cat who I would like to have eat raw for the best nutrition, but he wants nothing to do with any type of cold, mushy food. This freeze dried raw ground up beef can be rehydrated with just a little bit of goat milk or on its own with water and made not too wet or mushy and my cat will eat it right up. Occasionally I will see a small round bone piece, but he usually leaves those aside.
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Kitty LOVES
By BestButler on Nov 26, 2021
This topper has been a game changer for my cat. She gets board quickly, yet there's something about this topper that keeps her coming back for more. She now has this crazed look in her eyes around meal time. She's here to eat and intends to leave ZERO CRUMBS.
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All 5 cats and our dog love this topper!
By 2Shepherds on Sep 21, 2021 top100Contributor
We happen to have cats that love beef, so this was a win all around. All 5 of our cats as well as our picky Shepherd loved this as a topper for their wet food and it even worked to get our Shepherd to eat her dry more eagerly. I will advise to use sparingly for the cats as it did constipate them if given too much. Adding water to the wet food when using this helped some, but had to use sparingly to avoid that issue. Highly recommend and looking forward to trying the other Vital Essentials varieties.
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Not so sure about this topper
By Numa on Oct 3, 2021
My kitten occasionally eats it but I guess I will probably try other type of meat (perhaps chicken for my next order). Not sure it is the beef that he is not used to or just this particular brand. So, to be faired, I gave a three stars.
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Cats love it
By Mary on Nov 20, 2021
These toppings are loved by my two kitties. I just sprinkled it on top of their wet food and they finish it all.
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This stuff is magic
By Mary on Aug 30, 2021
My almost 10 year old Morkie has been a fussy eater since birth. I sprinkled some of this on top of his kibble, and now he begs for food twice a day, instead of his usual snubbing of food. He also has a sensitive tummy, and this doesn't seem to cause any issues.
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Dogs love it!!!
By MomtoMaxandLuna on Jul 23, 2021
I have an EXTREMELY picky Wheaten Terrier. We have gone through multiple types of food and finally landed on something he would kind of pick at if I mixed yogurt into it. I bought this on a whim, mixed it into his kibble, and he ATE ALL OF IT. Then he sat down and asked for more. He ate all of that, too. My picky picky guy chowed down two straight bowls of food with this stuff sprinkled in and that’s the first time this has ever happened. Highly recommend!
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Picky Marky loves it. Dense calorie 64kcal/tbsp
By Zizi on Aug 9, 2021
Marky is a very picky cat, but he loves this topper. For those cans he doesn't love but can still bear with, this topper will get him to dig in. Have to keep in mind this topper is high in calories, 64kcal per tablespoon!
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He ate all of his food
By Norman on Aug 16, 2021
When my boy eats, it’s only 1/2 to 3/4 he eats at a time, but I topped his food with this and added some water for hydration and he gobbled it right up
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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!
