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Feed calculator

Raw Dog Food Calculator

Use our raw dog food calculator to work out roughly how much to feed your dog or cat each day, based on their weight, life stage, activity level and any allergies, and which products and how many cartons to order.

Start the calculator

1Your pet

2Weight

1 kg80 kg

3Life stage

How old?

Expected adult weight (optional)

If you know roughly what they'll weigh fully grown, we keep the daily amount sensible for their size.

4Activity

5Anything to leave out?

Tap anything your pet can't have and we'll leave out products that contain it. Beef and veal are listed separately, so tap both to leave out all cattle. Green tripe comes from adult cattle, so it counts as beef.

Your feeding plan

Adult dog · 18 kg · moderate activity

Add your puppy's weight now to see their daily amount.

450g a day

About 3.1 kg a week

2 meals a day, about 225 g each

Muscle meat360 g
Raw bone45 g
Organ45 g

Your order

Weeks of food4 weeks

Main mixActive Dog Mix2 × 10 kg cartons, covers about 7 weeks

$158.00$7.90 a kilo

Raw bonesBeef Brisket Bones1 × 10 kg carton, covers about 31 weeks

$54.00$5.40 a kilo

Order total$212.00

Feeding Active Dog Mix with raw bones works out about $3.44 a day ($24 a week). Delivery is $5 an order.

A starting point, not veterinary advice. Keep an eye on your pet's weight and condition and adjust as you go.

How it works

How the raw dog food calculator works

Daily amount

It starts with your dog’s weight and works out a daily amount as a share of body weight, adjusted for life stage and activity level. For a typical adult dog that is about 2 to 3% of body weight a day: around 2% for a quieter dog and 3% for a very active one. Pets that are still growing start higher and taper down by age. It also suggests how many meals to split the day into.

Meat, bone and organ

It keeps the 80/10/10 rule of thumb in mind: about 80% muscle meat, 10% raw bone and 10% organ. The mince or blend covers the meat, and the organ comes from the offal in a mix or from Balance Mix.

Products and cartons

Finally, it suggests products that suit your dog’s life stage and leave out any allergens you select, and works out how many cartons cover the number of weeks you choose.

A worked example: a moderately active 18 kg adult dog, the plan the calculator opens with, gets 2.5% of its weight, which is 450 g a day, or two meals of 225 g. About 405 g of that is mince or a mix and about 45 g is raw bone, so a 10 kg box lasts that dog about three and a half weeks.

Puppies start higher. For a moderately active puppy, the calculator uses 8% of its weight a day at 2 to 4 months over four meals, so a 5 kg puppy eats about 400 g a day; then 6.5% at 4 to 6 months, 5% at 6 to 9 months and 4% at 9 to 12 months. Our guide to how much raw food to feed a puppy has the amounts by age.

Treat the result as a starting point. Every dog is different, so keep an eye on their weight and condition and adjust the amount as you go, and check with your vet if your dog has a medical condition. Our guide to how much raw food to feed a dog has a table of daily amounts by weight, and our guide to the dog body condition score shows how to tell if they’re the right weight.

Our guide to feeding a Border Collie raw shows how the amount moves with work and the seasons. Our raw feeding guides cover the rest, from bones to switching over.

Common questions

Raw feeding calculator: common questions

Does it work for cats?

Yes. Choose cat at the start. Adult cats are worked out at about 3% of body weight a day, and only products we suggest for cats are recommended. Our guide to feeding cats raw meat has more.

What is the 80/10/10 guide?

A common rule of thumb for raw feeding: about 80% muscle meat, 10% raw bone and 10% organ. Our calculator plans about 90% mince or blend and 10% raw bones, and the offal in a mix covers the organ part. Our guide to raw feeding terms explains it and the rest of the jargon.

What if my dog has allergies?

Tap the ingredients your dog can’t have and the calculator leaves out any product that contains them. Beef and veal are listed separately, so tick both to leave out all cattle. Green tripe comes from adult cattle, so products with green tripe count as beef.

How many cartons will I need?

The calculator works it out for the number of weeks you choose. Mixes and minces come in 10 kg cartons and rolls in 18 kg cartons, so change the weeks to see how the carton count changes.

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