The Honest Kitchen Dog Food
November 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under Latest Dog Food Reviews, The Honest Kitchen
The Honest Kitchen Dog Food
The Honest Kitchen is an all-natural, human-grade pet food. It’s a ‘just add water’ pet meal is made with dehydrated ingredients such as meats, vegetables, fruits and grains. It is manufactured in an FDA approved human-grade facility.
By dehydrating the ingredients, the whole foods in their recipes maintain the raw nutritional properties, such as amino acids, enzymes, vitamins and minerals versus a kibble which has been extruded or cooked under extreme pressure. To re-hydrate Honest Kitchen products, add 1-1.5 cups of warm water to the mix and let it sit for about 5-10 minutes.
They encourage adding additional items like raw meat and bones, yogurt, or vegetables. All recipes are free of fillers and by-products.
They offer six dog food diets, (four are completely gluten-free, grain-free) and one cat food diet.
The Honest Kitchen Formulas:
- The Honest Kitchen Force Dog Food
- The Honest Kitchen Embark Dog Food
- The Honest Kitchen Thrive Dog Food
- The Honest Kitchen Keen Dog Food
A Comparison of Each Honest Kitchen Dog Food Formula
The Honest Kitchen Dog Food Consumer Rating:
| Title | Votes | Rating | Review |
| The Honest Kitchen "Keen" Dog Food | 24 | 5.9 | -1.0 |
| The Honest Kitchen "Thrive" Dog Food | 22 | 6.2 | -1.0 |
| The Honest Kitchen Dog Food | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| The Honest Kitchen Force | 42 | 6.3 | -1.0 |
| The Honest Kitchen's "Embark" Dog Food | 16 | 5.9 | -1.0 |
Hey I’m considering purchasing some pet food’s and supplies from the honest kitchen of some of their products. Can anyone advise me? I seek the best for my companion friend and a new addition coming in a week or so. Also I’m looking for the best in mineral waters (non sparling). So if any one is wise to the truth in advertising…please let me know. Thanks, jim
I’ll be ordering some of their stuff in the next few weeks for my Ridgeback. I’ll post back and let you know how it goes. All of there stuff looks like it’s high quality.
My 4 dogs are all on The Honest Kitchen product and I will NOT switch to anything else. It is very high quality and my dogs love it! It’s very convenient, easy to serve and I love how I can mix other things in like (veggies, cottage cheese etc). The supplements they offer are great too! Browse the website…they have a great .pdf with recipes. You can find coupons as well. Be sure to sign up for their newsletter for ideas and specials. Also, if you have ANY questions about their product just pick up the phone and call! The staff is always willing to help!
Wow. I thought I spent a lot of money on dog food, but the cost of this stuff is nuts. I really did not think you could pay more than I did, I use Orijen and Horizon Legacy. But 10 pounds of this stuff is almost a 100 bucks, thats almost 10 bucks a pound, heck my dog could be eating steaks for the cost of this product.
The food is dehydrated so it’s actually 43 pounds of food. And the 10 pound boxes range from $55 (Keen) to $82 (Embark).
Isn’t most kibbles dehydrated ?? At the site I was just at, Embark is 102.99 and Keen was 70.89, this is where I buy some of my dog food. I have some samples coming so I will get a better look at this product on Friday. I did notice it is also at my favorite pet food store and I will take a closer look at it and see what they are charging. I noticed another company has a similar product out.
Jess – kibble is hard but it’s a complete meal. With The Honest Kitchen, you HAVE to add water to it for it to rehydrate.
Those prices are really high… have you checked out their website?
thehonestkitchen.com
This is absolutely great stuff.
If you don’t want to do the raw feeding and would like to get off of the kibble rollercoaster, The Honest Kitchen is the answer to your prayers.
EVERY dog will eat this and digest it properly
4 Dogs and a cat on 3 different HK formulas… Can’t wait for the fish
If you don’t do raw….this is still the very best!!!!
My dog gets Keen or Thrive mixed 1/2 and 1/2 with his kibble for breakfast. Its awesome! I have noticed a great difference in his coat, and he goes crazy over his meals now. He always eats with enthusiasm, but it actually looks like he is savoring this food, its amazing! The honest kitchen’s website has the best prices, and right now if you do their online survey they are offering free shipping. Keen and Thrive are the most affordable ones, I agree that the other are a bit too much, but they are grain free if thats your dog’s thing.
Great post TK
I think the more people learn about Honest Kitchen, the more kibble companies should be fearful!
The possibilites of this product are endless!!!
Can’t say enough about this fantastic product
I understand that a box makes 40 lbs of wet food and 10 lbs of wet food last half as long as 10 lbs of dry food…
Honest Kitchen Embark is currently on sale at heartypet.com for $72.99 for the 10lb box
I started Orijen adult in the morning and Honest Kitchen for dinner Embark mixed with a little meat. My 11 month American Eskimo loves, loves loves the Embark and likes the Orijen too. she was on eukanuba before and never ate anything. I started cooking for her and then found the honest kitchen. I am considering changing her over totally to hk maybe trying one of the other formulas.
My dog only weighs 20 lbs so it is not expensive if you add to the food.
Just a heads up people! I just found out that the honest kitchen uses ingredients from china, thailand, and the philippines. It’s not all a US product. So beware!
Oh and it’s not “raw” food at all. It’s dehydrated with heat above 120 degrees. That’s not raw. I think they need to print new labels.
please state your sources
I have 5 huge dogs, ranging from a saint bernard to an akita with horrible allergies. I tried Keen 3 weeks ago and am willing to pay the price for how great this food is. My pups LOVE it and have stopped itching all together. Im a vet tech and after feeding this food refuse to ever feed them the stuff we sell in the clinic again.
That is fantastic!
I started out with Embark and have moved on to Thrive. There are no potatoes, fruits or veggies in Thrive.
Although I do still feed Orijen LBP, Orijen 6 Fish, Evo Chicken and Evo Red…None of it can compare to Honest Kitchen!
I Love honest kitchen, my dogs have been on Keen for two weeks and it’s the first time since I adopted my GSD 6 years ago that he hasn’t had digestive issues & has had consistently firm stools. And we’ve tried home cooked food, kibble and raw. He was good on home cooked but even better on keen. I just don’t like/trust kibble. And although raw is great for most dogs it didn’t work for him. So, so far we are loving Keen!
Check out there site lots of the ingredients are from china.
The only ingredient I saw from China was celery, and this is what the Honest Kitchen website stated about that:
“Our need to source ingredients from US operated farms in China is due to seasonality, not cost. All our ingredients are 100% human grade. We are currently preparing contracts with new suppliers and are on track to eliminate any need for fill-in orders for vegetables from China and to obtain 100% of these crops from North America and/or Europe by 2011.”
I am conserned about the product purchased in china and every where else for that matter. what are the standards for pesticides and organic in those countries??
I feed Embark and Thrive to my 2 adult bichons and portuguese water dog puppy. To help with cost, I feed the morning meal as HK and the evening meal as RMBs like chicken or pork or fish. I add raw meat, eggs, yogurt, etc to the HK meals as well.
My bichons have had the ‘itchy-scratchies’ and yeasty ears/lips/feet on all other foods I’ve tried (kibble), which have been MANY! THey are doing excellent on this, nice coats, no itchies, no yeasties.
My puppy has wonderful coat, nice, even energy and growing at a nice rate. Back yard pickup was, at first, increased, but now has decreased as their digestion has improved.
I have waffled and switched and tried for years! But I can’t see myself switching now! We love HK at our house!
Everybody has been getting on Great Life for not giving out the information where it is made. Well the same can be said for this product. I was just on their website and they well not disclose that information. I really have an issue with a company who makes up cock and bull story for not giving out that information. You won’t see me feeding this product NO WAY!!!!
@ Jess – Actually,the Honest Kitchen people have been very responsive to everyone’s questions and concerns on their facebook page. if you have a question, you might want to add them there or just email them to get an answer. I have found most of the info im looking for on their website. Here specially are where all their ingredients come from: http://www.thehonestkitchen.com/knowledge/our-ingredients/
currently, my older dog (with bad genetics such as bad teeth and prone to being overweight) is on a mix on Orijen and Embark from THK and have lost 2 lbs since last month starting this new diet. He LOVES it and can’t get enough.
My other dog whose had the best genes and beautiful won’t touch his Embark but loves his kibble which includes Orijen and Blue Buffalo.
@Peggy – I am just about to switch my 8 month old pup to something new. But new is not yet defined. I was leaning toward HK. I’ve called them and were very helpful. They’re sending some taste sample of Embark to see if Bodhi will like it.
I’m also looking at Orijen and hoping to add that to the Embark. How much Orijen are you mixing with the feed for your senior dog?
To anywone – My pup is a picky eater so I’m at a lost. He’s on Merrick’s Puppy Plate but has not developed a firm stool in the last couple of months. I think that’s been long enough. The vet recommends switching to adult formula. I’ve also tried Castor & Pollux and Blue. Help anyone?
Honest Kitchen products are now China free
Nutrition Note: Celery contains folate which is essential for the production and maintenance of new cells as well as providing Potassium which helps control our nerves and muscles. It is a natural source of calcium, magnesium and vitamin.
( The Honest Kitchen will source celery from North America beginning August, 2010. Previously, celery was sourced from US operated farms in China, Europe and North America.)
http://www.thehonestkitchen.com/knowledge/our-ingredients/