A common misconception that we come across with folks is the assumption that
raw pet food diets are more expensive than other pet food. On the surface this
appears true. However, look closer and you'll see that you can feed a raw
pet food and
actually save money. We went to the local pet store and took a look at the
competition. Looking at "premium" dry dog food, we compared the cost
per day to feed a 50 lb. adult dog and as you can see from the attached chart,
Sojos European-Style Dog Food Mix stacks up pretty
well. In fact, the most affordable brand we saw cost $0.87 per day. On the
other hand, the Sojos raw dog food diet
actually costs only $0.85 per day after including the cost of adding meat.
Here's how our math went: If you
break it down, a 50 lb. dog will eat $0.45 per day worth of Sojos
dog food mix and $0.40
per day worth of meat. (We figured a pound
of meat to be $2 and there are 2.5 cups of meat per lb. You'd feed 1/2 cup
per day of meat which comes out to cost $0.40 per day.)
As
you can see, Sojos dog food is actually less expensive to feed than most
premium pet foods. The reason is that dry
dog foods contain fillers which result
in more cups fed per day, which means a 10 lb bag of kibble won't last
as long
as a 10 lb bag of Sojos dog food. Not only that, but these fillers, like
gluten which holds the kibble together, contain little or
no nutritional value. So, for
the same cost or less, you can have a fresh, wholesome, natural dog food
with no fillers that will also save you more money in the long
run on vet bills by avoiding dog
health problems.
And that's why we see raw pet food as a true value.
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