Natural Instinct Puppy Turkey, Salmon and Tripe

10 prices from Embark on Raw, ROAR Pet Supplies and 3 more

Natural Instinct Puppy Turkey, Salmon and Tripe

RawCompletePuppyGrain-freeFish oil
89/ 100

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • 85% meat
  • Low starch, about 6% carbs
  • Raw, the least processed

First ingredients: beef green tripe 14%, beef heart 5%, beef liver 4%, salmon 15%, turkey 37%… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
85%
Protein, dry weight
62%
Carbs, dry weight
~6%
kcal/100 g
109

Ingredients

Listed first: Beef green tripe. 85% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 85%
  • No amount given 15%

beef green tripe 14%, beef heart 5%, beef liver 4%, salmon 15%, turkey 37%, turkey heart 10%, apple, butternut squash, carrot, kelp, salmon oil, spinach, wheatgrass

Meat named animal protein

From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.

How we read this label
Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
beef green tripe 14%Named meat14%
beef heart 5%Named meat5%
beef liver 4%Named meat4%
salmon 15%Named meat15%
turkey 37%Named meat37%
turkey heart 10%Named meat10%
appleVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
butternut squashVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
carrotVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
kelpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
salmon oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
spinachVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
wheatgrassOtherNot given

Read automatically from the label. Spotted a misreading? Tell us

Nutrition

Protein 62% and carbs about 6%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein15.5%62%
above the usual 43 to 57% for raw foods
Fat5.8%23%
Carbohydrate~1.4%~5.6%
within the usual 0 to 7% for raw foods
Fibre0.4%1.6%
Ash2.1%8.3%
Moisture74.8%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the raw foods we rate.

Energy109 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 89

Full marks for how it’s made and the kind of meat. Meat scored lowest (36.7 of 45).

  1. How much meat?

    36.7 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label29.8 / 35 points

      85% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level6.9 / 10 points

      Protein is 61.5% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    18.1 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 5.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    20 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Raw: 20 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    15 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed12 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat3 / 3 points

      Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other raw foods

Top 47% of raw foods. 13 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked raw foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 11 ingredients. 1 is not in our ingredient database yet.

11 ingredients with nothing flagged

Apples, beef, carrot, heart (animal organ), liver (animal organ), pumpkin, salmon, salmon oil, seaweed, spinach, turkey

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
1 not in our ingredient database yet

Wheatgrass

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

Lowest £4.89/kg at Embark on Raw and 2 more, 9% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Embark on Raw1kg · £4.891kg£4.89£4.89/kgCheapest in stockVisit
ROAR Pet Supplies1kg · £4.891kg£4.89£4.89/kgVisit
Raw Dog Food Surrey1kg · £4.891kg£4.89£4.89/kgVisit
Natural Instinct1kg · £4.991kg£4.99£4.99/kgVisit
Embark on Raw2 x 500g · £5.392 x 500g£5.39£5.39/kgVisit
3 out of stock
Shops where this is out of stock
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Natural Instinct2 x 500g · £5.69Out of stock2 x 500g£5.69£5.69/kgVisit
Trusty Pet Supplies1kg · £6.00Out of stock1kg£6.00£6.00/kgVisit
Trusty Pet Supplies2 x 500g · £6.20Out of stock2 x 500g£6.20£6.20/kgVisit

No price has changed since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).

Show the chart
View the readings as a table
Every reading we have, newest first
DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Embark on Raw1kg£4.89£4.89/kg
4 Oct 2026Embark on Raw2 x 500g£5.39£5.39/kg
4 Oct 2026Natural Instinct1kg£4.99£4.99/kg
4 Oct 2026Natural Instinct2 x 500g£5.69 (out of stock)£5.69/kg
4 Oct 2026Raw Dog Food Surrey1kg£4.89£4.89/kg
4 Oct 2026Raw Dog Food Surrey2 x 500g£5.39£5.39/kg
4 Oct 2026ROAR Pet Supplies1kg£4.89£4.89/kg
4 Oct 2026ROAR Pet Supplies2 x 500g£5.39£5.39/kg
4 Oct 2026Trusty Pet Supplies1kg£6.00 (out of stock)£6.00/kg
28 Sep 2026Embark on Raw1kg£4.89£4.89/kg
28 Sep 2026Embark on Raw2 x 500g£5.39£5.39/kg
28 Sep 2026Natural Instinct1kg£4.99 (out of stock)£4.99/kg
28 Sep 2026Natural Instinct2 x 500g£5.69 (out of stock)£5.69/kg
28 Sep 2026Raw Dog Food Surrey1kg£4.89£4.89/kg
28 Sep 2026Raw Dog Food Surrey2 x 500g£5.39£5.39/kg
28 Sep 2026ROAR Pet Supplies1kg£4.89£4.89/kg
28 Sep 2026ROAR Pet Supplies2 x 500g£5.39£5.39/kg
28 Sep 2026Trusty Pet Supplies1kg£6.00 (out of stock)£6.00/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

3 raw foods score 7 to 8 points higher and cost up to 17% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
100% this food 85%
Price
17% more per kg

+8 pointsCompare

Meat
100% this food 85%
Carbs
about 2% this food about 6%
To feed
19% less per 1,000 kcal

+7 pointsCompare

Meat
100% this food 85%
Carbs
about 0% this food about 6%
To feed
11% less per 1,000 kcal

+7 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.

From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.

Pages we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Natural Instinct (the maker), Raw Dog Food Surrey, ROAR Pet Supplies, Embark on Raw, Trusty Pet Supplies.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

Report a mistake

Tell us about your dog

Saved only in this browser. Your dog’s details are never sent to us or to any retailer.

Picking a breed suggests a typical adult weight; you can still adjust it below.
What do they eat?Pick the types to look at. Leave blank to see every type.
Anything to leave out?Checked against the whole ingredient list.
What matters most?Foods the maker made for it come first.