Dog Food Cost Database

Updated July 11, 2026 · 76 priced SKUs, sorted cheapest to most expensive per 1,000 kcal

Every row below comes from an official product label (guaranteed analysis, kcal/kg) matched to a specific bag size and Amazon price. We compute cost per 1,000 kcal so foods with different bag sizes and calorie density can actually be compared — cost per bag or cost per pound cannot do that, because a denser food feeds more days out of the same bag.

Cost caveat, honestly

Small bags cost more per kcal than large bags of the same food — that's a real, well-documented retail pattern (bulk pricing), not a data error. A few of the priciest rows below are small trial-size or puppy bags of foods that are much cheaper per kcal in a large bag. Check the bag size column before assuming a food is expensive.

What's not in this table yet

We track 53 additional SKUs where we have official-label guaranteed analysis but could not yet independently confirm calorie content or match a current retail price — those are excluded rather than estimated. Cat food, dry-matter-basis comparisons, and fresh/refrigerated food pricing are on the roadmap; see the methodology page for what's next.

Prices are a single Amazon snapshot taken July 11, 2026, and will drift — always confirm the live price before buying. No links below go to a retailer yet; affiliate tagging is pending.