Primitive Feline
Earthborn Holistic Primitive Feline is a grain-free dry adult cat food. Its first ingredients are chicken, chicken meal and pumpkin. It has an Ingredients score of 69/100, a Nutrition score of 9.5/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $2.56/lb (12.5 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Nov 1, 2026 · Price checked Oct 29, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Chicken
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Chicken Meal
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Pumpkin
- 4 / 5
- Fiber source
- Sweet Potato
- 2 / 5
- Grain, potato or other carb source
- Tapioca
- 1 / 5
- Starch or refined grain
- Other ingredients
- 3.5 / 5
- Average of the other 27 ingredients
Avoid List
0The label lists none of the additives we count.
The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score
Adult targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 36%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 14%
- 4.7 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 29%
- 4.2 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 4%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
What Is in It
Dry matter means the food with the water taken out. It lets you compare foods with different moisture fairly.
| On the label | Dry matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein (min) | 36% | 40% |
| Fat (min) | 14% | 15.6% |
| Fiber (max) | 4% | 4.4% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 29% | 32.2% |
| Moisture (max) | 10% | - |
| Calories | 3,500 kcal/kg · 358 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
Labels do not list carbohydrates, and this one does not list ash either. We estimate carbohydrates by assuming 7% ash, a typical value for dry cat food, and subtracting everything else from 100.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Tapioca, Peas, Pea Protein, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Flaxseed, Dried Egg, Salmon Meal, Alaska Pollock Meal, Pacific Whiting Meal, Natural Flavor, Apples, Blueberries, Carrots, Cranberries, Spinach, Sodium Bisulfate, Dried Chicory Root (A Source of Inulin, a Prebiotic), Choline (Choline Chloride), Salt, Potassium Chloride, Taurine, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Vitamins [Vitamin E (α-Tocopherol Acetate), Vitamin C (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin B5 (Calcium Pantothenate), Vitamin B1 (Thiamine Mononitrate), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin A (Vitamin A Acetate), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol), Vitamin B7 (Biotin), Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid)], Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Yucca Schidigera Extract, Rosemary Extract, Probiotics [Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product]
Estimated Monthly Cost
By your cat's weight, using an estimated daily amount and the cheapest bag. Your cat may eat more or less.
We could not find the maker's feeding chart. These amounts come from a general formula: the calories on the label (3,500 kcal/kg) and the daily energy a cat of that weight needs according to the Merck Veterinary Manual, using the figure for a neutered adult. The chart on the bag may say something different.
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Last checked: Nov 1, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction