Feeding chart · engine-computed · updated 28 August 2026
How much should I feed my dog? The chart, by body weight
Feed by weight, not by cup. This chart is computed by a validated feeding engine — the same one behind every Growlrr plan — for a fresh meat-first bowl, from a 3 kg toy breed to an 80 kg giant. It is a baseline, not a guess-range: activity, season and body condition then shift it, and the free calculator does that shifting for your exact dog.
Short answer
How much food should a dog eat per day?
It scales with body weight and energy burn: a 10 kg dog needs about 615 fresh-food kcal a day (87 g mutton, 100 g chicken, 82 g fish, 2 eggs, curd and veg), a 20 kg dog about 964 kcal, a 30 kg dog about 1,251 kcal — each completed with a weight-dosed balancer sachet. The chart below gives the full engine-computed gram breakdown from 3 to 80 kg.
What it depends on
- Body weight — the primary driver; portions scale allometrically (metabolism does not scale linearly with size).
- Activity and season — an athletic dog in winter can need 30–50% more than a sedentary one in summer.
- Body condition — a lean dog is fed to gain, a heavy dog toward its ideal weight.
- Life stage — puppies and pregnant or nursing dogs need different floors and their own chart.
Common questions
How much should a puppy eat per day?
Puppies are not on this chart — growth changes both the energy need and the nutrient floors (calcium especially). Use the growth plan: the fresh bowl portioned for growth plus the growth-specific correction. Start with the new-puppy feeding guide and the KittenPro/PuppyPro dosing.
How many times a day should I feed my dog?
Adults do well on two meals a day; small breeds and young dogs often need three or four smaller ones. The sachet dose in the chart is a daily total — split it across the meals along with the food.
Is a feeding chart accurate for every dog?
It is the validated baseline for a healthy adult at moderate activity. Real dogs vary: an athletic working dog can need a third more, a sedentary apartment senior less. Weigh monthly and adjust toward ideal body condition — or use the calculator, which applies activity, season, neuter status and body condition for you.
Does this chart work for kibble?
No — this chart is for fresh food, whose energy density differs from extruded kibble. Kibble packs carry their own feeding tables calibrated to their formula. If you feed fresh, this chart plus the balancer sachet is the complete picture.
The chart: fresh-food grams per day, 3–80 kg
| Dog | Mutton | Chicken | Fish | Eggs | Curd | Veg | Food kcal | BowlBalancer™ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 kg | 39 g | 43 g | 36 g | 1 | 45 g | 92 g | 282 | 5 g × 4 |
| 5 kg | 57 g | 69 g | 57 g | 1 | 62 g | 128 g | 388 | 5 g × 6 |
| 7 kg | 69 g | 80 g | 66 g | 1–2 | 77 g | 158 g | 482 | 5 g × 7 |
| 10 kg | 87 g | 100 g | 82 g | 2 | 96 g | 199 g | 615 | 5 g × 8 |
| 20 kg | 137 g | 161 g | 132 g | 3 | 150 g | 310 g | 964 | 10 g × 6 |
| 30 kg | 177 g | 207 g | 170 g | 4 | 194 g | 402 g | 1251 | 15 g × 5 |
| 50 kg | 241 g | 274 g | 225 g | 6 | 270 g | 557 g | 1731 | 15 g × 7 |
| 80 kg | 323 g | 361 g | 296 g | 8–9 | 364 g | 753 g | 2342 | 20 g × 7 |
Standard diverse bowl (mutton, chicken, lean fish, egg, curd, rainbow veg), lightly steamed, plus the weight-dosed Growlrr BowlBalancer™ sachet — the corrected bowl is validated across 1 Million+ simulations · Wilson C/R 95/99 against every NRC 2006 floor.
How this chart was computed (and why it isn’t a guess-range)
Energy need does not scale linearly with size — a 30 kg dog does not need three times a 10 kg dog’s food. The engine uses measured allometric scaling (energy ∝ BW0.64, from feeding-trial data, not theory) to compute each weight’s daily calories, splits them across the standard bowl’s ingredients, and doses the correction sachet by the same weight bands. The corrected result is validated across 1 Million+ simulations · Wilson C/R 95/99. Most charts you will find print ranges like “100–180 g” — this one prints the number, and the calculator personalises it.
What changes the numbers
Four things: activity (a lazy dog and an athletic dog can differ by half), season (winter burns more), neuter status (neutered dogs need slightly less), and body condition (feed a heavy dog toward its ideal weight — the plan for that is in the weight-loss guide). For what to actually cook, take the chart to the 7 complete recipes, and check any current bowl free with the bowl checker. Full how-much deep-dive: how much should I feed my dog?