Raw dog food calculator
Enter your dog’s weight to get the daily raw amount and the 80/10/10 split — muscle meat, bone and organ — in grams. Adult and puppy.
Feed per day (2.5% of body weight)
— g
≈ — oz a day
- Muscle meat 80%
- — g
- Raw meaty bone 10%
- — g
- Liver 5%
- — g
- Other organ 5%
- — g
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Good to know
General guidance only — an estimate, not veterinary advice. Always check with your vet about your pet’s growth, weight and diet.
How this was calculated
Raw feeders start from a daily amount equal to a percentage of body weight — about 2% for a senior or weight-loss, 2.5% for maintenance, 3% for an active dog (puppies far more, tapering with age). That total is then split 80/10/10: 80% muscle meat, 10% raw meaty bone, and 10% organ — half of which (5%) should be liver. These are raw-feeding community guidelines, not a veterinary prescription.
Source: Perfectly Rawsome — raw-feeding ratios (community guidance). Full method on our methodology page.
Built by the PawGauge team, reviewed against cited veterinary sources. Last reviewed 29 June 2026.
About our figures →Before you feed raw
Raw diets are contested. They can carry bacteria (Salmonella, E. coli) that affect dogs and people, bones can cause choking or gut damage, and a home-made raw diet is easy to get nutritionally wrong. Major veterinary bodies have raised these concerns. This tool gives portions, not a balanced recipe — please plan a raw diet with your vet or a veterinary nutritionist, and handle raw meat hygienically.
How the 80/10/10 diet works
The idea behind 80/10/10 is to loosely recreate the proportions of a whole prey animal: mostly muscle meat (80%), a portion of raw meaty bone for calcium (10%), and organ meat (10%) for vitamins and minerals — with half the organ being liver, which is especially nutrient-dense, and the other half a different secreting organ such as kidney or spleen.
You set the total from your dog’s weight: around 2–3% a day for an adult, more for puppies. The calculator above turns that into grams of each component. BARF diets follow similar meat-and-bone ratios but add some plant matter (roughly 7% vegetables, 2% seeds, 1% fruit), so the meat portions shift down a little to make room.
Raw feeding questions
- How much raw food should I feed my dog?
- About 2–3% of body weight a day for adults — 2% if overweight or senior, 2.5% for maintenance, 3% if very active. Puppies need far more (around 9% of current weight under 4 months), recalculated as they grow.
- What is the 80/10/10 raw diet?
- A way of balancing a raw diet by weight: 80% muscle meat, 10% raw meaty bone, and 10% organ — of which 5% is liver and 5% is another secreting organ such as kidney or spleen. It’s also called the prey-model or “franken-prey” diet.
- What’s the difference between BARF and 80/10/10?
- The 80/10/10 (prey-model) diet is all animal parts. BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) keeps similar meat-bone-organ proportions but also adds plant matter — roughly 7% vegetables, 2% seeds and 1% fruit.
- Is raw feeding safe?
- It’s debated. Raw diets carry real risks — bacterial contamination (Salmonella, E. coli), choking or gut injury from bones, and nutritional imbalance if the diet isn’t formulated properly. Many vets advise against it, especially in homes with young children or immunocompromised people. If you choose to feed raw, do it with veterinary guidance.
- How many meals a day on raw?
- Most adult dogs eat once or twice a day; puppies need three to four smaller meals. Split the daily total across those meals.