All recipe details are included on this page. There are FAQ on the bottom. 

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Homemade Cat Food Starter Kit includes:

• 6 raw meaty bone recipes
• 8 raw boneless recipes
• 3 cooked recipes

All recipes are formulated to be complete and balanced to NRC guidelines for healthy adult cats. 

No recipes for kittens or cats with special needs (medical conditions, etc.) are included.

I formulate the recipes using Animal Diet Formulator (ADF) software. Pet food formulator Steve Brown and fresh food advocate and veterinarian Dr. Barbara Royal created ADF.

All recipes are PDF downloads that include:

• Instruction guidelines
• Recipe ingredients (amounts provided in grams, ounces, and percent)
• Macronutrient analysis (guaranteed analysis)
• Macronutrient information (kcal)
• Minerals, vitamins, fats, and amino acids per NRC guidelines

You can view a sample recipe PDF here (the PDF will open in a new window). Ingredient amounts are redacted. ADF creates the recipe PDF report.

Recipe options are:

• Chicken, turkey, beef (2 raw boneless, 2 raw meaty bones, 1 cooked)
• Pork, chicken, beef (2 raw meaty bones, 2 raw boneless, 1 cooked)
• Beef and chicken (2 raw meaty bones, 2 raw boneless, 1 cooked)
• Beef and lamb (poultry-free, 2 raw boneless)

All raw meaty bones and raw boneless recipes come with a version that includes raw green tripe and a version that does not include raw green tripe.


Meat ingredients in these recipes:

• Chicken dark meat with skin
• Chicken dark meat (85% lean)
• Pork tenderloin
• Turkey dark meat with skin
• Beef chuck for stew
• Lamb leg, sirloin
• Beef ground (93% lean - for cooked recipes)
• Beef ground (80% lean - for cooked recipes)
• Chicken heart
• Pork heart
• Beef heart
• Chicken gizzard
• Beef green tripe (available online only)
• Chicken wings (with bone and skin)
• Chicken neck (with bone, skinless)
• Chicken liver
• Beef kidney
• Beef liver
• Beef spleen
• Raw egg yolk
• Whole cooked eggs (for cooked recipes)
• Cooked salmon OR canned salmon/sardines (canned in water, no salt)

Required supplements in these recipes:

• Eggshell powder (buy online or make at home) 
• Nutritional yeast (you can use whichever brand you prefer - NOW is great)
• Maine Coast Sea Seasonings kelp
• Trace Minerals Ionic Manganese 10 mg
• Four Leaf Rover Better Bones dried bone powder (only used in the poultry-free recipes)

Supplements (except for Better Bones) are available on iHerb which ships internationally. Please check availability and shipping before purchasing. There are no substitutions ♥️


Guaranteed analysis for each recipe

Chicken, turkey, beef raw meaty bones:

• Protein = 16.43%
• Fat = 6.52%
• Ash = 2.39%
• Moisture = 72.16%
• Fiber = 0.06%
• Net carbs = 2.44%
• kcal/oz = 38.04

Chicken, turkey, beef raw boneless:

• Protein = 16.7%
• Fat = 6.28%
• Ash = 2.16%
• Moisture = 72.74%
• Fiber = 0.6%
• Net carbs = 2.06%
• kcal/oz = 37.29

Cooked turkey, chicken, beef:

• Protein = 27.84%
• Fat 10.98%
• Ash = 1.9%
• Moisture = 59.16%
• Fiber = 0.16%
• Net carbs = 0%
• kcal/oz 54.08

Pork, chicken, beef raw meaty bones:

• Protein = 17.42%
• Fat = 6.07%
• Ash = 2.24%
• Moisture = 72.83%
• Fiber = 0.03%
• Net carbs = 1.41%
• kcal/oz = 36.85

Pork, chicken, beef raw boneless:

• Protein = 17.37%
• Fat = 6.12%
• Ash = 1.76%
• Moisture = 73.13%
• Fiber = 0.03%
• Net carbs = 1.59%
• kcal/oz = 37.12

Cooked pork, chicken, beef:

• Protein = 25.93%
• Fat = 10.72%
• Ash = 2.04%
• Moisture = 60.78%
• Fiber = 0.2%
• Net carbs = 0.33%
• kcal/oz = 51.88

Beef and chicken raw meaty bones:

• Protein = 15.65%
• Fat = 9.3%
• Ash = 2.39%
• Moisture = 68.86%
• Fiber = 0/19%
• Net carbs = 3.61%
• kcal/oz = 45.58

Beef and chicken raw boneless:

• Protein = 15.14%
• Fat = 8.97%
• Ash = 2%
• Moisture = 69.62%
• Fiber = 0.21%
• Net carbs = 4.06%
• Kcal/oz = 44.66

Beef and chicken cooked:

• Protein = 22.66%
• Fat 10.65%
• Ash = 2.03%
• Moisture = 64.01%
• Fiber = 0.21%
• Net carbs = 0.43%
• kcal/oz = 48.59

A full nutritional analysis based on NRC guidelines is included for each recipe. Each recipe is linked as a PDF that you can download straight from the course.

There is a Google spreadsheet inside the course that helps you plan how much of each ingredient you need for your individual cat's needs. 

You can batch out 7 or 30 days. You input the recipe details, and the spreadsheet automatically calculates the batch amounts for you!


FAQ
How do you know your recipes are complete?I use diet formulation software called Animal Diet Formulator (ADF). ADF pulls nutritional guidelines from the NRC and nutrient data from the USDA. 

All recipes include a nutritional analysis.

You can view a sample recipe PDF here (the PDF will open in a new window). Ingredient amounts are redacted.

Ingredient substitutions?Sardines/salmonYou can use either cooked from fresh salmon OR canned salmon OR canned sardines. Please make sure fish is canned in water and no salt added. I use King Oscar sardines canned in water.

IodineIf you would like to use NOW organic kelp powder, I provide how much to use inside the course.

What does ADF Typicals mean on your recipes?ADF = Animal Diet Formulator. This is the diet formulation software that I use to create recipes. 

The creator, Steve Brown, is in contact with the USDA about their food database nutrients and corrects their data often. 

The animal's environment, time spent outside, diet, where they live, etc. all play into nutrient values. So ADF created Typicals based on averages of nutrients because there are a lot of variables.

Why is vitamin K low?Cats can synthesize vitamin K on their own unless the diet is heavily fish-based. Source. ADF says 25% dry matter basis (DMB) is the max. All of my recipes are below this max.

What about liver and too much vitamin A?None of my recipes exceed the vitamin A maximum safe upper limit set by the NRC.

The amount in the recipe and nutritional guidelines from the NRC are listed in the recipe analysis vitamins page (included with every recipe).

Why is AA high?Arachidonic Acid is a fatty acid abundant in muscle meat, heart, and liver. 

Unfortunately, there is no way to lower this amount while still using these meat-based ingredients. The AAFCO and FEDIAF do not have a safe upper limit for AA, but the NRC does.

Are the supplements necessary?Yes. The recipes are complete as is. I only use supplements when necessary. Supplements are less than 2% of each recipe.

Where do I buy the supplements?All required supplements are available on Amazon US. You can also buy supplements on iHerb which ships internationally. Please check shipping costs before purchasing the course.