Raw Dynamic Cat Food Review

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Complete-and-balanced raw foods allow cat owners to feed a diet that closely mimics what a cat would eat in the wild. We’ve rated Raw Dynamic cat food on ingredient quality, species-appropriateness, recalls, and more. Read our Raw Dynamic cat food review to decide if this brand is worth a try.

The Cats.com Standard—Rating Raw Dynamic on What Matters

We’ve rated the brand on six key criteria for quality. Here’s how it rates in each of these six crucial areas.

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Ratings

Species-Appropriateness – 9/10
Ingredient Quality – 10/10
Product Variety – 7/10
Price – 6/10
Customer Experience – 7/10
Recall History – 10/10

Overall Score: 8.1/10

In total, we give Raw Dynamic cat food a 51 out of 60 rating or an A grade.

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Before testing and reviewing Raw Dynamic raw cat food, we conducted extensive research about the brand and products offered. We looked at the brand’s background, processes, and the nutritional quality of their food, focusing on the food’s ingredients, appearance and consistency, and tested real cat reactions to it.

To test Raw Dynamic cat foods, we ordered the Freeze-Dried Rabbit recipe and two frozen options: Chicken and Lamb. Each food is formed into small individual cubes and comes packaged in a brightly colored, resealable bag. Before presenting all three to our test cat, Oliver, the frozen foods were thawed and the freeze-dried food was rehydrated. Oliver approached the lamb recipe with no hesitation as the clear winner, even though he usually prefers chicken.

About Raw Dynamic

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Raw Dynamic is a small, family-based pet food company based in New York. The exact year Raw Dynamic launched is not publicly available and the company did not respond to inquiries about when the brand came to the market. However, on LinkedIn, one of the company co-founders lists 2014 as the year he started with Raw Dynamic.

According to their website, the company mission is to offer high-quality pet food at an affordable price. The company was inspired by the family’s dog Jeda, who as a puppy exhibited many health issues, including allergies and digestive problems. Once Jeda transitioned to a raw food diet, her symptoms improved drastically.

Sourcing and Manufacturing

Raw Dynamic’s recipes are made from responsibly sourced, human-grade meats and organic produce. The company stands by the theory that meat is cleaner and more nutritionally dense when it is sourced from animals that are humanely raised, grass-fed, cage-free, and hormone and antibiotic-free. Raw Dynamic clearly identifies where it sources each of its meat ingredients: duck and chicken from New York and Pennsylvania, turkey from Pennsylvania, rabbit from France, and lamb and beef from New Zealand. The produce used in Raw Dynamic’s recipes is non-GMO, certified organic, and responsibly grown and harvested.

Raw Dynamic cat food is made in a company-owned facility in New York. All poultry-based complete-and-balanced recipes undergo high-pressure pasteurization (HPP), a technology that uses high pressure and cold water rather than heat to inactivate pathogenic bacteria. As a further safety control, each batch of food is sent out to a third-party lab for testing.

Recall History

At the time of this review, none of Raw Dynamic cat foods have been recalled.

What Kinds of Cat Food Does Raw Dynamic Offer?

Raw Dynamic offers a variety of single-protein, raw food for cats, as well as raw protein toppers, bone broth, and raw air-dried and freeze-dried treats. Raw Dynamic’s seven complete-and-balanced recipes are formulated to meet and exceed the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages.

All Raw Dynamic nutritionally balanced cat food formulas contain 95% animal protein (including muscle meat, organ meat, and bone), and 4% fruits and vegetables. The remaining 1% is supplements (including fish oil, kelp, probiotics, and vitamins and minerals).

Raw Dynamic offers four frozen raw complete-and-balanced recipes, three freeze-dried raw complete-and-balanced recipes, and three frozen raw protein boosters (for supplemental feeding only) with the following protein options:

Frozen Raw Chicken Formula for Cats
Frozen Raw Rabbit Formula for Cats
Frozen Raw Beef Formula for Cats
Frozen Raw Lamb Formula for Cats
Freeze-Dried Raw Chicken Formula for Cats
Freeze-Dried Raw Rabbit Formula for Cats
Freeze-Dried Raw Beef Formula for Cats
Frozen Raw Rabbit Protein Booster
Frozen Raw Beef Protein Booster
Frozen Raw Lamb Protein Booster

#1 Frozen Raw Chicken Formula for Cats

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Like all Raw Dynamic formulas, the Frozen Raw Chicken Formula contains one meat ingredient—chicken, which includes chicken muscle meat, organs, and bone. This recipe also contains fish oil sourced from sardines and anchovies for omega-3 fatty acids; organic carrots, beets, cranberries, spinach, kelp, and sunflower seeds; organic apple cider vinegar; probiotics; and supplements.

Raw Dynamic Pets Cage Free Chicken Fresh Frozen Cat Food

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Once thawed, the frozen cubes can be broken up into a succulent, ground-meat texture. This food got a few bites from Oliver, until he realized he would rather be having the lamb.

Measured as dry matter, this recipe contains 50% crude protein and about 32% fat. The food’s dry matter carbohydrate content is 12.5%. This is species-appropriate for cats, which are obligate carnivores with no nutritional requirement for carbohydrates in their diet.

Overall, Raw Dynamic’s chicken recipe appears to be a high-protein, high-fat recipe that provides plenty of hydrating moisture with low levels of carbohydrates. It contains no artificial additives and has a short list of main ingredients.

This food contains about 43 calories per ounce and is nutritionally complete for cats in all life stages.

Ingredients

Chicken (with ground bone), Chicken Livers, Organic Carrots, Organic Beets, Organic Cranberries, Organic Spinach, Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Fish Oil, Montmorillonite Clay, Dried Organic Kelp, Organic Rosemary Extract, Taurine, Vitamin E, Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product (probiotic)

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein: 14%

Crude Fat: 9%

Crude Fiber: 1.5%

Moisture: 72%

Dry Matter Basis

Protein: 50%

Fat: 32.14%

Fiber: 5.36%

Carbs: 12.5%

Caloric Weight Basis

Protein: 35.57%

Fat: 55.54%

Carbs: 8.89%

What We Liked

Made with a single source of animal protein
Species-appropriate blend of muscle meat, organs, and bone
Contains 50% dry matter protein
Relies on animal-sourced fat

What We Didn’t Like

Nothing

#2 Frozen Raw Lamb Formula for Cats

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Raw Dynamic’s Frozen Raw Lamb Formula contains one meat ingredient—lamb, which includes lamb hearts, lamb livers, and lamb bones. Although we think of the heart as an organ, it’s technically and nutritionally a muscle meat. This recipe also contains fish oil sourced from sardines and anchovies for omega-3 fatty acids; organic carrots, kelp, and sunflower seeds; organic apple cider vinegar; probiotics; and supplements.

Raw Dynamic Pets Pasture Raised Lamb Fresh Frozen Cat Food

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The frozen raw lamb recipe is darker and less pink in color than the frozen raw chicken recipe, with little beads of fat incorporated within the fresh meat. This recipe was definitely Oliver’s favorite, considering that he chose it over the chicken recipe, which is usually his favored protein.

Measured as dry matter, this recipe contains more than 53% crude protein and about 31% fat. The food’s dry matter carbohydrate content is about 10%. This is species-appropriate for cats, which are obligate carnivores with no nutritional requirement for carbohydrates in their diet.

Overall, Raw Dynamic’s lamb recipe appears to be a high-protein, high-fat recipe that provides lots of hydrating moisture with few carbohydrates. It contains no artificial additives and has a short list of main ingredients.

This food contains about 43 calories per ounce and is nutritionally complete for cats in all life stages.