Nature's Variety Raw Instinct

[showpug]

Any opinions on this food and it's comparison to EVO. I found another thread on this subject, but there weren't very many posts at all or much information within them.

What's up with the bio-coating? Is it legitimate or just marketing material?

Mordy are you out there?

 

[Mordy]

Both Evo and Raw Instinct are good foods made with nice ingredients.

I don't think the "bio coating" makes the RI better than the Evo though. It's a nice touch, but it doesn't change the fact that the product is a kibble made from processed ingredients. Adding fresh foods would be more of a benefit in my opinion.

 

[sheps4me]

I'm currently feeding Evo but was given a few sample packs of the Raw Instinct. I'm puzzled by a couple of major ingredients, specifically the tapioca (2nd ingredient) and pumpkin seeds (4th ingredient). The tapioca sounds like a filler to me. Does anyone know what value these two ingredients add to the kibble?

 

[Mordy]

The tapioca is an alternative source of starch, which is required for manufacturing kibble, or it will just fall apart to crumbles. In most grain free products (Evo etc.), potato or sweet potato is used for this purpose, in traditional kibbles it's grains like rice, barley and so on. These are not "fillers" though, but actually sources of highly digestible carbohydrates.

Pumpkin seeds contribute fatty acids, some trace minerals and vitamin K.