Nature’s Logic Dog Food

Brief Overview

Nature’s Logic has been in business since 2005-06. According to the company, they are completely devoted to making pet food that is 100 percent natural, without taking any shortcuts or using synthetic supplements.

Nature’s Logic uses no man-made, chemically synthesized vitamins, minerals or amino acids, chemical preservatives, artificial flavorings or colorings, and no corn, wheat, soy, rice, potato, tapioca or peas. Their foods are 100 percent natural and derived only from whole foods and all natural ingredients.

The company makes dog and cat food (kibble and cans), raw food, treats, supplements, and cat litter. They currently make 27 products for dogs: 7 kibbles, 7 canned foods, 13 kinds of treats, and 1 raw food. They have dog foods in a wide range of meat proteins. Nature’s Logic has headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Who Manufactures Nature’s Logic?

According to information online, Nature’s Logic’s canned foods are made by Simmons. A 2011 interview found on the TruthAboutPetFood.com web site reports that the company’s dry food is made in Mt. Pleasant, Texas (home of Mid American Pet Food, the maker of Victor); and that the company’s canned food is made in Emporia, Kansas (site of Simmons/Menu Foods Midwest). The article reports that the company’s raw food is made in Lincoln, Nebraska. “Raw Frozen Foods are manufactured in Lincoln, NE at a human processing plant called Del Gould. They are an inspected USDA plant which mainly makes customer steaks for many restaurants and stores in the greater Lincoln and Omaha area.” According to Nature’s Logic they source and purchase all of their own ingredients. They also test every batch of foods to make sure their specifications are being met. The article also reports that ingredients for Nature’s Logic are sourced from the U.S., New Zealand, Italy, France, and Norway.

Nature’s Logic Recalls 2017

We do not find any recalls for Nature’s Logic online or in the FDA pet food recall database.

Nature’s Logic Dog Food Coupons 2017

Check Chewy.com and other online pet food sites for discounts on Nature’s Logic foods. You can visit the Nature’s Logic Facebook page to stay advised of upcoming specials and new products.You can also sign up for the Nature’s Logic newsletter by filling in your e-mail address near the bottom of the page on the company web site.

Nature’s Logic Dog Food Overview

Information from TheTruthAboutPetfood.com interview with Nature’s Logic was very helpful with this overview. We recommend that you read it if you are interested in feeding Nature’s Logic dog food.

Nature’s Logic uses meat meals in their foods instead of whole meats. As we have noted in other reviews, meat meals are generally recognized as equal to whole meats from a nutritional viewpoint. Since the moisture has already been removed from these meals, they are a concentrated form of protein. When a meat meal is listed as the first ingredient in a dog food it usually means the food contains more of that meat protein than when a whole meat protein is listed. For example, when you see chicken meal as the first ingredient, there is usually more chicken protein in a food than when you see whole chicken as the first ingredient because of the moisture in the chicken that will cook away during the manufacturing process. We have no problem with companies such as Nature’s Logic that use named meat meals.

Nature’s Logic also uses foods that are GMO-free. Grains are more likely to be genetically-modified than most other foods but they report that they do not use any GMO ingredients in any of their dog foods. They also don’t use ingredients that have been exposed to herbicides or pesticides, and they don’t use chemical preservatives.

Additionally, Nature’s Logic does not use any synthetic vitamins or minerals and they don’t source any ingredients from China. According to the company, “All other commercial dry, canned, and even some raw foods add as many as 20 to 26 chemically-synthesized vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. We never add man-made nutrients so pets are not exposed to the potential toxicities associated with these chemical substances.”

The company does not use the commercial, hydrolyzed liver flavoring that is often found in other dog foods. This flavoring is often a hidden source of MSG and soy. Instead, they make their own flavoring from real, dried liver and spray-dried plasma to make their dog food appealing to dogs.

For their raw food, they do not use high-pressure sterilization. This method is often used to kill pathogens such as Salmonella and e. Coli, but it also kills beneficial bacteria.

The company tests ingredients and finished products to make sure they don’t contain harmful bacteria and that they meet guaranteed levels of protein, fat, fiber, and moisture. Other tests are done for possible rancidity, aflatoxins, and vomitoxins. They also do random testing for fluoride.

Nature’s Logic completed AAFCO All Life Stage feeding trials for their dry dog and cat foods. These are 26-week tests which require certain feeding parameters, clinical observations, and measurements.

Nature’s Logic focuses on using whole foods instead of adding synthetic nutrients. Their dog foods are high in protein (30-36 percent) and low in carbs. They use high-quality protein such as beef, duck, venison, chicken, fish, and rabbit. They use clean muscle meat with no internal organs, feathers, feet, or heads. The meats and poultry they use come straight from the human processing plants.

According to Nature’s Logic, they use “carnivore-appropriate starch.” “Millet is the starch in our kibble. This grain contains less natural sugar than other starches frequently used in pet foods. Further, millet is much more likely to occur naturally in a wild dog or cat’s diet than chickpeas or potato, so will be more familiar to their digestive systems.”

Nature’s Logic says that all of their formulas are Complete and Balanced for All Life Stages. “Variations in formulas marketed for different life stages all meet the minimum requirements for one of just two AAFCO categories: Growth & Reproduction or Maintenance. The protein requirements are lower for “Maintenance” formulas [sic] are lower (18% for dogs and 26% for cats), and so cheaper to make. But we focus on providing the best possible nutrition for pets, no matter what their age. All of our diets are high in protein, exceed even the minimum requirements for Growth & Reproduction.”

At this time Nature’s Logic makes the following products for dogs:

Nature’s Logic Dry Recipes

Nature’s Logic’s kibbles are described as highly palatable and nutrient dense meat based dry foods with concentrates of select fruits and vegetables, containing no wheat, corn, rice, soy, potato or chemically synthesized vitamins, minerals, or trace nutrients. Each dry diet is specially coated with digestive enzymes and plasma protein containing high levels of natural vitamins, minerals, and albumin and globulin proteins.

• Over 55% Animal Ingredients
• Gluten Free
• Probiotics
• Enzymes
• 100% Natural
• No Synthetic Vitamins or Minerals

Although pet food labeling regulations typically require pet food companies to include fiber and moisture percentages as part of the guaranteed analysis for dog foods, we cannot find these percentages for Nature’s Logic foods on their web site or online. This makes it virtually impossible to accurately estimate the true dry matter basis of the food or the carbohydrates in the food.

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble Chicken

First five ingredients: Chicken Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 38 percent, Crude Fat: 18 percent, Crude Fiber: Not Available Moisture: Not Available
Calorie Content (calculated): 3,678kcal/kg (417.95 kcal/cup); 1 Cup=4.0 oz (113.39g)

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble Beef

First five ingredients: Beef Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 36 percent, Crude Fat: 18 percent, Crude Fiber: Not Available Moisture: Not Available
Calorie Content (calculated): 3,300 kcal/kg (375 kcal/cup); 1 Cup=4.0 oz (113.39g)

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble Lamb

First five ingredients: Lamb Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 32percent, Crude Fat: 18 percent, Crude Fiber: Not Available Moisture: Not Available
Calorie Content (calculated): 3,466 kcal/kg (393.86 kcal/cup); 1 Cup=4.0 oz (113.39g)

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble Duck and Salmon

First five ingredients: Duck Meal, Millet, Turkey Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Salmon Meal, Pumpkin Seed

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 38 percent, Crude Fat: 18 percent, Crude Fiber: Not Available Moisture: Not Available
Calorie Content (calculated): 3,669.50 kcal/kg (416.99 kcal/cup); 1 Cup=4.0 oz (113.39g)

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble Venison

First five ingredients: Venison Meal, Lamb Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 38 percent, Crude Fat: 18 percent, Crude Fiber: Not Available Moisture: Not Available
Calorie Content (calculated): 3,597.45 kcal/kg (408.80 kcal/cup); 1 Cup=4.0 oz (113.39g)

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble Rabbit

First five ingredients: Rabbit Meal, Turkey Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 38 percent, Crude Fat: 18 percent, Crude Fiber: Not Available Moisture: Not Available
Calorie Content (calculated): 3,657.35 kcal/kg (415.61 kcal/cup); 1 Cup=4.0 oz (113.39g)

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble Sardine

First five ingredients: Sardine Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 40 percent, Crude Fat: 10 percent, Crude Fiber: Not Available Moisture: Not Available
Calorie Content (calculated): 3,419.35 kcal/kg (388.56 kcal/cup); 1 Cup=4.0 oz (113.39g)

Nature’s Logic Canned Recipes

Nature’s Logic’s canned foods are described as highly palatable and nutrient dense muscle meat and organ meat-based foods with concentrates of select fruits and vegetables and containing no wheat, corn, rice, soy, potato or chemically-synthesized vitamins, minerals, or trace nutrients. Each can diet contains a unique source of highly digestible natural eggshell calcium and animal plasma containing high levels of natural vitamins, minerals, and albumin and globulin proteins.

• Over 90% Animal Ingredients
• Grain Free – Low Carbohydrates
• Gluten Free
• All Natural Whole Food Formula
• No Synthetic Vitamins or Minerals

There is plenty to like about Nature’s Logic’s dry recipes. As they note, their foods are made from whole ingredients and they don’t use added chemicals or synthetic vitamins and minerals. That’s why you don’t see a long list of scientific names in the ingredient list. It’s just food that you recognize (and fermentation products). However, in searching the Internet (and searching and searching) for the guaranteed analysis information for the fiber and moisture content in their foods, we came across a lot of customer complaints about the food. While most people loved Nature’s Logic and had great things to say about it, there are a significant number of people who report that it made their dogs gassy. (Check reviews for the food on Amazon.com, for example.) Some people were not pleased with other things such as frequent pooping and very smelly poop. If we had the fiber percentage of the food we might be able to offer a better guess about the cause of the gas and poop issues.

While the ingredients in Nature’s Logic seem to be very good and we commend them for using natural ingredients instead of chemicals; and it’s great that they don’t use some of the ingredients that cause problems for dogs such as corn, wheat, soy, rice, potatoes, or GMO ingredients, there seem to be some issues with their foods for a lot of people and their dogs. Perhaps millet is a seed/grain that is prone to causing some of these problems for some dogs. Yucca schidigera (from the small evergreen Yucca bush or shrub) is used by many dog food companies to help reduce the odor of dog feces but Nature’s Logic doesn’t use it in their foods. DL-methionine is another ingredient used in most dog foods to combat urine and waste issues with dogs but it’s an amino acid. Nature’s Logic doesn’t include this ingredient either. We’re not saying that Nature’s Logic should include these ingredients – we understand their philosophy of not using added chemicals or supplements. We’re just explaining why your dog’s poop may smell very bad if you feed this food.

Consumer Ratings for Nature’s Logic:

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Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble – Beef Formula Dog Food Review

Nature’s Logic’s bestselling kibble on Chewy.com, their beef formula is 100 percent all-natural and gluten-free. It contains over 55 percent animal ingredients and contains no corn, wheat, soy, or potatoes. It does have probiotics and enzymes, including kibble that is specially coated with digestive enzymes and plasma protein to enhance the flavor. The food contains no synthetic vitamins or minerals and no ingredients from China. It is AAFCO-approved for all life stages and made in the USA. Technically this is not a grain free food because it uses millet in the formula as a source of carbohydrates.

The first five ingredients in this food are: Beef Meal, Millet, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Pumpkin Seed, Yeast Culture.

As explained elsewhere, Nature’s Logic uses meat meals because they provide more protein than whole meats. Beef typically has about 53 percent protein and 47 percent fat, but since this is a meat meal you can expect it to have a higher protein percentage. Beef is a good source of Niacin, Vitamin B12 and Selenium, and a very good source of Zinc. Beef can be a source of food allergies for some dogs but most dogs should be able to eat it.

The second ingredient in this food is millet. Millet is a non-gluten grain/seed. It’s been cultivated for over 10,000 years. Raw millet is 73 percent carbs, 4 percent fat, and 11 percent protein, but cooking lowers these values. It’s a source of protein, dietary fiber, several B vitamins, and dietary minerals, especially manganese. Eating too much millet in the diet can affect the thyroid. Is millet good for dogs? You probably won’t rush out and buy it at the store but it may be better than some other grains/seeds/cereals. Considering that kibble requires some kind of starch/carbohydrate, millet is better than some. If your dog has problems with grains or potatoes, etc., that leaves something like millet.

The third ingredient in this food is chicken fat. This is a good, named fat. Dogs love it. It’s high in linoleic acid which has lots of omega-6, and omega-9 fatty acid. And it has lots of omega-3 fatty acid. It is preserved with mixed tocopherols – forms of vitamin E.

The fourth ingredient is pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds have long been touted as a remedy for worms in dogs, among other things – though you would have to give your dog quite a large dose daily for a while, if it actually works. But pumpkin seeds have some other benefits. Roasted pumpkin seeds are a source of fiber for dogs. They also provide antioxidants for urinary health, vitamins, and fatty acids. They are 14 percent protein, 50 percent carbs, and 36 percent fat. They are a good source of Magnesium and Zinc. They also have lots of omega-6 fatty acid.

The fifth ingredient in this food is yeast culture. Yeast culure can be an active or inactive supplement which contains B vitamins and enzymes. It is thought to encourage the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestine.

Other ingredients of interest in this beef formula include spray dried pork liver and spray dried lamb plasma. The company says they use these ingredients instead of the “natural flavors” used by many companies to enhance the flavor of the food. Natural flavors in dog food often turn out to be undesirable ingredients. While spray dried pork liver and spray dried lamb plasma probably don’t sound very appealing, they are natural ingredients and not harmful to your dog.

The food also includes Montmorillonite Clay which is a natural source of many chelated trace minerals. This clay is also believed to help expel toxins from the body.

Otherwise, the food contains a number of dried fruits and vegetables; chicory root (a prebiotic), Menhaden fish meal, rosemary (a natural preservative), dried pineapple extract (often used to discourage dogs from eating their own feces), and many fermentation products which are usually added to help digestion.

Nature’s Logic Canine Dry Kibble – Beef contains 375 kcal/cup. This makes the food moderate in terms of calories.

Nutrition Statement

Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast provides complete and balanced nutrition for All Life Stages and is comparable in nutritional adequacy to a product which has been substantiated using AAFCO feeding tests.

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS

• Direct Fed Microbials*:minimum 100,000,000 CFU per pound (in descending amounts, L. acidophilus, L. casei, B. bifidium, E. faecium, B. coagulans)

Enzymes: Protease* (Aspergillus Niger, var) 1559 Tyrosine units liberated/min/kg, Alpha-amylase* (Aspergillus oryzae) 3.98 dextrinized starch units liberated/min/kg, Lipase* (Aspergillus Niger, var) 19.2 µmol fatty acid liberated/min/kg, Cellulase* (Trichoderma Longibrachtum) 82.5 µg Glucose liberated/min/kg.

*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog or Cat Food Nutrient Profiles.

We cannot determine the dry matter basis for this food without knowing the guaranteed analysis figures for fiber and moisture content.

We think that Nature’s Logic Canine Beef Meal Feast looks like a very good dog food for most dogs. If your dog is hypothyroid you may want to be careful about feeding dog foods that contain large amounts of millet (2^nd ingredient in this food) since millet is known to worsen thyroid problems. We cannot determine the dry matter figures for this food and we find it disturbing that Nature’s Logic does not have the true guaranteed analysis posted on their web site or anywhere online where this food is sold. Knowing the fiber and moisture percentages for their foods is important for consumers. Protein, fat, fiber, and moisture percentages are minimum requirements for the guaranteed analysis. Posting vitamins and minerals does not make up for not providing fiber and moisture content. We can only think that there is some reason that Nature’s Logic does not want to be forthcoming about their fiber and moisture content. Perhaps it has something to do with the consumer complaints about the food making dogs gassy or having to poop often.

Where can you buy Nature’s Logic dog food?

You can buy Nature’s Logic dog foods on Chewy.com and other online pet food sites. You can also check the Nature’s Logic web site to see where to buy their foods.

Final Thoughts

There are lots of things to like about Nature’s Logic, especially their commitment to using whole, natural ingredients and avoiding synthetic, man-made chemicals. No corn, wheat, rice, potatoes or GMO ingredients. No gluten. No ingredients sourced from China. We like most of the ingredients used in their foods though millet is probably not anyone’s favorite ingredient – it’s still better than some things. Many people will love Nature’s Logic for their dogs. However, we are concerned because we cannot find fiber and moisture percentages anywhere or determine our own dry matter figures for these foods. We are also concerned by the large number of people who claim that their dogs experienced gas and a frequent need to potty when eating these foods. Your dog may have a great experience with Nature’s Logic but some dogs don’t.