Homemade + Kibble - keeping it nutritionally balanced
Someone asked on reddit if a mix of 50% kibble 50% homemade food was nutritionally balanced.
Some advised it was not. Many still believe the myth that adding more than 10% real food to commercial dog food makes it nutritionally unbalanced.
Here are the nutrient calculations for 50% kibble and 50% real whole foods:
Key take-aways:
- nutrients in real whole foods are much better absorbed than nutrients in commercial dry of wet food
- minimum recommended levels have been buffered for the lower absorption of nutrients in practical pet food
- some of the nutrients reach 85% levels in a 50 | 50 recipe ~ these are more than sufficient as real whole foods help improve nutrient absorption
- adding a drizzle of healthy oils or a crack of black pepper can further increase nutrient absorption
- 50 | 50 is nutritionally balanced
