Like your fridge-bound lettuce, frozen dog food offers both health benefits and convenience. With less preservatives than canned food and the added advantage of keeping cool temperatures, frozen pet food provides excellent nutritional support while remaining cold.
Frozen foods are readily available both at pet stores and through home delivery services, providing access to nutritious raw meals that mimic your dog’s ancestral diet and nutritious toppers for daily feedings.
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1. Frozen Meat Patties
Frozen meals differ significantly from canned and dry processed kibble in that they have been gently prepared or raw and flash frozen to preserve food by sucking out air (sometimes known as lyophilization) thus protecting from freezer burn and keeping foods safe for longer.
These foods contain meat from ethically raised grass fed animals and vegetables from organic sources; combined together they create food which provides essential nutrition that your pup craves instinctively.
These frozen raw recipes come packaged in boxes or containers that should be stored in the freezer until you’re ready to use them. Thawing times vary based on the size and composition of each frozen meat piece – for instance, smaller frozen raw morsels will thaw faster than larger patties. In order to further protect from freezer burn and other potential contamination sources, some are packed into vacuum sealed bags which further ensures optimal thawing results.
2. Frozen Treats
Frozen raw foods provide your dog with a diet closer to that of its ancestral diet, with minimal processing and abundant in natural proteins, antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins, and minerals.
These frozen foods are low in sodium content, making them beneficial for dogs with elevated blood pressure. Unfortunately, however, some contain preservatives which have been identified as potentially carcinogenic to both animals and humans.
These frozen foods come in medallions, bites and chubs of beef, chicken or lamb recipes and feature muscle meat and organs along with vegetables, fruits and other nutritious ingredients such as omega-3s and -6s. Some products even undergo High Pressure Processing – providing another option for dogs with food intolerances or allergies – or can even be added directly onto a kibble diet or served as toppers!
3. Frozen Liquids
Frozen liquid foods like bone broth and yogurt provide your pet with nutritious and tasty options that may also aid digestion. Frozen foods offer extra protein, flavor and help promote better digestion for maximum success!
Frozen raw foods such as Nature’s Logic frozen raw bites and Instinct by Nature’s Variety frozen raw bites provide your dog with another healthy option to add to his or her diet. While traditional cooked food uses heat as the way of preserving ingredients and nutrients, High Pressure Processing uses high pressure instead to protect ingredients and nutrients.
These frozen raw foods also come in variety packs to make transitioning to the raw diet easier for those just getting started with it and want to sample different flavors. Be mindful when transitioning your dog over, as sudden food changes may lead to digestive issues. For extra support during this transition period, contact your veterinarian or pet nutritionist and seek their guidance in how best to introduce frozen raw foods into his or her diet.
4. Peanut Butter Treats
An exclusive diet of canned food from the grocery store may leave pets lacking essential nutrients, and whole foods like meat, fruits, and vegetables should always be the preferred choice for their wellness. Unfortunately, however, most pet parents simply don’t have time to pluck their own chickens or grow carrots themselves so frozen dog foods provide an easy solution.
Instinct offers raw frozen meals made using an FDA-recognized pathogen reduction process to keep dogs healthy. Their frozen bites, medallions, and patties contain beef, cage-free chicken, wild-caught salmon or grass-fed lamb to maximize your dog’s potential by providing three times more meat and organs than kibble – perfect for picky eaters and topper applications; once defrosted they can even be broken up further for picky eaters! Refreezable for future use!
