Tool · Arithmetic demo
Fresh dog food daily cost calculator
Enter your own daily calorie target K and one SKU’s energy + net box weight. Outputs show portion, coverage days, and first-order vs recurring day cost with formulas visible.
Demo only. Not a brand quote, not feeding advice, not veterinary advice. We do not invent kcal or fill unknown shipping/tax with other-brand averages. Zero/missing calories or the “unknown fee” checkbox blocks precise-looking outputs.
Outputs
| E (kcal/g) | |
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| Daily portion | |
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| Usable box kcal | |
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| Coverage days N | |
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| Recurring day cost | |
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| First-order day cost | |
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| Cash (recurring box) | |
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| Cash (first box) | |
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- Energy and weight must come from the same SKU and moisture state (do not mix dry-matter kcal with as-fed weight).
- First-order discount
D applies to food only — it does not discount shipping or tax.
- Waste fraction
w is your sensitivity assumption, not a brand quality claim.
- “Load plan demo” fills arithmetic placeholders from the site plan (W=4000 g, 1.6 kcal/g, P=$80, S=$10, D=$16) — not a JustFoodForDogs quote.
- Supplemental / treat SKUs need a separate budget line; see the labels guide.
How to gather inputs
- Read kcal/kg or kcal per pack + grams per pack from the package or official product page for the SKU you will buy.
- Use the food price and shipping you see at checkout for your ZIP (or mark shipping unknown).
- Put first-order promo dollars in
D only when they apply to food on that first box.
- Compare outputs with the cost-per-day guide (eaten cost vs cash when a box ships).
Brand context: JustFoodForDogs cost module · method: Methodology formulas.