Pawfect Plate

Welcome to Pawfect Plate - the DIY dog food calculator that will automatically ensure your dog's meals will meet health-condition requirements and AAFCO (The Association of American Feed Control Officials) targets for micronutrients.

Disclaimer: We are not affiliated nor endorsed by AAFCO. This app is for your advice only and all recommendations should be reviewed with your veterinarian. By using this app, you accept full responsibility for all dietary decisions made by this tool.

How to use Pawfect Plate

The Recipe Builder has preset recipes you can customize. You can enter the amount of meat you actually bought and the recipe will scale the carbohydrates and supplements to match targets.

Click the 👁 Active button in the ingredient list to add from a list of 👁 All optional ingredients. You can save your customized recipe using the ＋ Save preset button.

We suggest using a kitchen scale for main ingredients but a precision gram-scale (at least 0.1 gram accuracy) for supplements.

For the supplements, assumptions are based on specific human vitamin supplements. Here's a link to our recommended supplements: Amazon supplement list.

Alternatively, you can edit the specific supplement values in Advanced Settings at the bottom of the Recipe Builder - but this is at your own risk.

We suggest a bone meal supplement for phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium, and suggest these formulations. Pick the one you will use:

For iodine, we use kelp supplements. Will you use: