The Honest Kitchen
The Honest Kitchen offers 2 products on RevWix across Pet Care, with an average ethics score of 90/10 and recurring certifications including Non-GMO, Cruelty-Free, USDA Organic.
Standards & certifications
Verified credentials appearing across The Honest Kitchen's product range.
Ethics breakdown
Average scores across our scoring pillars.
- Animal Welfare97.5/10
- Sourcing93.5/10
- Transparency89.5/10
- Labor87.5/10
- Environment86/10
Categories covered
Where The Honest Kitchen shows up across our directory.
- Pet Care2
What reviewers highlight
Strengths mentioned most often across The Honest Kitchen's products.
- ✓High protein content
- ✓Single-protein source for digestive health
- ✓Responsible sourcing
- ✓100% human-grade ingredients
- ✓Cold-pressed to preserve nutrients
- ✓Ethically sourced cage-free chicken
Sustainability commitments
"The Honest Kitchen sources its goat meat responsibly from small family farms in New Zealand, and uses organic produce. The brand also recycles and minimizes waste in its packaging."
"Sourced primarily from North American farms. BPA-free packaging and B Corp certified operations."
Products from The Honest Kitchen
The Honest Kitchen's Sustainable Raw Goat Meat Dog Food is an ethical, protein-rich raw meal perfect for dogs with food sensitivities. It's made with 100% responsibly-sourced goat meat, organic produce, and no artificial ingredients, providing a balanced diet for adult and senior dogs. It's best for health-conscious pet parents seeking an alternative to traditional grain-based kibble.
Human-grade dog food that bridges the gap between raw feeding and convenience through cold-pressing and dehydration of whole foods.
How to read The Honest Kitchen's ethics scores
Each The Honest Kitchen product on this page carries a 0–100 score built from four checkable inputs: active third-party certifications, disclosed ingredients or materials, published supply-chain information, and the brand's watchdog record. Nothing here is based on The Honest Kitchen's own marketing language.
The spread matters as much as the top score. If The Honest Kitchen's highest and lowest products sit far apart, verification is being applied to some lines and not others — common when a company certifies a flagship range and leaves the rest undocumented. A narrow spread, even at a moderate average, usually signals a consistent policy.
Scores can move without any editorial change, because certification status is re-checked as pages refresh. A lapsed certificate, a new audit or a recall notice will all show up in the product's certification and notes sections.
Questions worth asking before buying The Honest Kitchen
Start with ownership: a parent company's testing or sourcing policy can change what a claim on the packaging actually covers. Then check scope — a certification often applies to one fibre, facility or ingredient rather than the whole product.
Finally, compare within the category rather than against The Honest Kitchen's own range. A mid-scoring product can still be the strongest verified option at its price, and a high-scoring one can be beaten by a cheaper certified alternative.
What each score input covers
| Input | What we check | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Certifications | Active listings in public registers, with scope and expiry | Only externally audited claims can be revoked |
| Ingredients & materials | Full disclosure, hazard flags, recycled or organic content | Comparable without trusting brand narrative |
| Transparency | Named suppliers, factories or audit summaries | Shows whether claims survive scrutiny |
| Record | Recalls, regulator rulings and greenwashing findings | Best short-term signal of quality control |
Buying The Honest Kitchen with confidence
- Verify the mark, not the adjectiveSearch the certifier's register for the exact product line.
- Check the parent companyOwnership changes what cruelty-free or organic claims cover.
- Compare in-categoryThe same score means different things across categories.
- Read open notes firstAn unresolved recall outweighs a few score points.
Frequently asked
Is The Honest Kitchen an ethical brand?+
The Honest Kitchen's standing here is the average of its scored products, built only from verifiable inputs: active certifications, disclosed ingredients or materials, published supply-chain data and its recall or regulator record. Where a claim cannot be checked in a public register, it earns nothing.
Is The Honest Kitchen certified by third parties?+
Any certification we could confirm appears on the individual product cards above. Marks shown are matched to the certifier's own register; self-declared logos and internal awards are not counted.
Why do The Honest Kitchen products have different scores?+
Scores are per product, not per brand. Differences usually come from certification scope, ingredient or material disclosure, and packaging — a certified flagship can sit far above an undocumented line from the same company.
Are there better alternatives to The Honest Kitchen?+
Compare within the category rather than the brand: category rankings list the highest-scoring verified options at each price level, so you can see whether a cheaper certified alternative beats the The Honest Kitchen product you were considering.