Dog food calories per cup, by formula
A cup of dry dog food can hold 290 calories or 490. Pick your exact formula to see its kcal per cup and per kg, then get cups and grams per day, or how much of a new bag matches what you feed now. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.
1. Your food
Not listed? Type the numbers from your bag
Look for "calorie content" or "ME" on the bag or the maker's page. Some bags give kcal per kg only: divide by the grams in a cup.
2. How much per day
3. Switching foods? Keep calories the same
Search your old food, or type its kcal per cup, and how many cups you feed now.
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Where the numbers come from
Calories per cup and per kg are copied from each maker's own product page (metabolizable energy as fed), with a link to the page and the date checked. Makers revise formulas; check the bag in your hands. Dry formulas only; this page lists from .
Daily energy: resting energy RER = 70 × (kg)0.75, times a life-stage factor from Table 1 of the Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center calorie calculator: neutered adult 1.6, intact adult 1.8, inactive or obesity-prone 1.2–1.4 (we use 1.3), puppy under 4 months 3.0, puppy 4 months to adult 2.0. These are starting points for healthy dogs. Dogs with a health condition, working dogs and dogs that need to lose weight should follow their vet's number. Adjust by ±10% to keep your dog's body condition steady. Tufts' Petfoodology explains why a cup of one food is not a cup of another.
The story behind the data: How many calories are in a cup of dry dog food? I checked 365 formulas.
Purina and some other makers are not included yet; their sites do not allow automated collection. Type your bag's numbers in step 1.
Feeding a cat? See cat food calories per cup and can.