Homemade Dog Food Recipe Calculator
Balance a homemade dog food batch across protein, carbohydrate, vegetables and fat.
About Homemade Dog Food Recipe Calculator
The shares are normalised so the batch always totals the required weight regardless of the percentages entered. Homemade diets need a vitamin and mineral supplement because whole foods alone rarely meet the full profile. Most homemade dog diets studied are deficient in at least one essential nutrient, usually calcium, zinc or vitamin D, which is why supplementation is not optional.
Formula
Homemade Dog Food Recipe
Daily portion ≈ 2.5 per cent of body weight; components split by normalised share
- normalised share
- Components are scaled so they always sum to the batch weight
- batch cooking
- Preparing several days at once, refrigerated or frozen in portions
Worked example
With the default values below, Homemade Dog Food Recipe Calculator returns Total Batch Weight of 3.500. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Dog's body weightminimum 0.1 kg
- 20 kg
- Days per batchminimum 1
- 7
- Protein share of the recipeaccepts 10–80 %
- 40 %
- Carbohydrate shareaccepts 0–70 %
- 35 %
- Vegetable shareaccepts 0–50 %
- 20 %
Results
- Total Batch Weight
- 3.500 kg
- Protein Component
- 1,474 g
- Carbohydrate Component
- 1,289 g
- Vegetable Component
- 737 g
- Daily Portion
- 500.0 g
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Homemade Dog Food Recipe
- 3Total Batch Weight= 3.500 kg
- 4Protein Component= 1,474 g
- 5Carbohydrate Component= 1,289 g
- 6Vegetable Component= 737 g
- 7Daily Portion= 500.0 g
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 5 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 3 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
- Homemade diets frequently become nutritionally incomplete without expert formulation. Consult a board-certified veterinary nutritionist before feeding a homemade diet long term, particularly for growing, pregnant or unwell animals.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Homemade diets frequently become nutritionally incomplete without expert formulation. Consult a board-certified veterinary nutritionist before feeding a homemade diet long term, particularly for growing, pregnant or unwell animals.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Homemade Dog Food Recipe calculated?
Daily portion ≈ 2.5 per cent of body weight; components split by normalised share The shares are normalised so the batch always totals the required weight regardless of the percentages entered. Homemade diets need a vitamin and mineral supplement because whole foods alone rarely meet the full profile.
Why does Homemade Dog Food Recipe matter?
Most homemade dog diets studied are deficient in at least one essential nutrient, usually calcium, zinc or vitamin D, which is why supplementation is not optional.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Dog's body weight, Days per batch, Protein share of the recipe, Carbohydrate share, Vegetable share. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.