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Overall, Instinct Raw Freeze-Dried Meals Cage-Free Chicken Recipe For Kittens is a significantly above average cat food, earning 8 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list. For more information on our cat food analysis techniques, please click here.When evaluating a cat food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.
Instinct Raw Freeze-Dried Meals Cage-Free Chicken Recipe For Kittens includes the following:
Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.
In this case, Instinct Raw Freeze-Dried Meals Cage-Free Chicken Recipe For Kittens's most plentiful ingredient listed is chicken, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains beef liver, beef spleen, beef kidney and cod as additional quality protein sources.Additionally, it's worth noting that this product does not list either by-products nor bulk-adding fillers within its top ingredients. By-products are considered inferior, lesser quality ingredients. Common fillers typically used to add bulk to the product are not required in your cat's diet. Together, their combined absence may be indicative of a higher quality product.
Allergen alert: This product contains beef liver, beef spleen, beef kidney, cod and salmon oil which may be problematic for cats who suffer from beef or seafood food allergies.
Compared to the other 2849 cat foods in our database, Instinct Raw Freeze-Dried Meals Cage-Free Chicken Recipe For Kittens has:
Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, Instinct Raw Freeze-Dried Meals Cage-Free Chicken Recipe For Kittens has approximately 434 calories per 100g (123 calories/ounce), which is compared to the average of the other dry cat foods in the CatFoodDB.
All the product information on this page is based on data collected from
the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on
January 9, 2023.
The authoritative source for ingredient lists and nutritional analysis for any pet food is always the pet food manufacturer.
Ingredients as published by the cat food manufacturer:
Chicken (including Ground Chicken Bone), Beef Liver, Beef Spleen, Beef Kidney, Cod, Ground Miscanthus Grass, Montmorillonite Clay, Ground Flaxseed, Salmon Oil, Tricalcium Phosphate, Carrots, Apples, Butternut Squash, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Chicory Root, Salt, Taurine, Yeast Culture, Potassium Chloride, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Mixed Tocopherols (for freshness), Blueberries, Spinach, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Iodate), Rosemary Extract.
Nutritional information as published by the cat food manufacturer.*
The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.
*Note that nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each cat food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber and moisture in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Optionally, manufacturers may also publish a product's ash content. When they are not published an average of 3% ash for wet food, and 6% ash for dry food, will be used. Because exact nutritional percentages are not available and all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values. Any other manufacturer published values in a product's Guaranteed Analysis is done at the manufacture's discretion, and is not used in any of the calculations done by CatFoodDB.
Although a high score may be indicative of a higher-quality product it is not a guarantee. Similarly, a low score may or may not indicate an inferior product. The best food for your cat is the one that meets their individual needs.