Compares your bowl to NRC targets
Every tracked nutrient is measured against the National Research Council's published requirements for healthy adult dogs.
Free NRC recipe check
Is your homemade dog food balanced?
Found a recipe on a blog, in a Facebook group, or from an AI? Enter the ingredients and amounts, and WoofChef checks the full bowl against the National Research Council's published targets for healthy adult dogs. You'll see what's missing, what's too high, and what needs review.
Free with an account. For healthy adult dogs on maintenance diets; not veterinary advice.
NRC 2006 · Adult Maintenance40 nutrients tracked
Chicken & rice bowl
3 gaps foundProtein
128%
Calcium
9%
Omega-3
31%
Zinc
46%
Iron
92%
A plain chicken-and-rice bowl, checked. Most homemade recipes start here.
What the check does
You enter a recipe. WoofChef checks the nutrients.
Add each food, set the amount, and run the check. WoofChef compares the full recipe to NRC targets and flags what's too low, too high, or uncertain because the ingredient data is incomplete.
What is the NRC standard? →Flags amounts that cross safety limits
Some nutrients are risky in excess. If a recipe crosses a known safety limit, WoofChef says not to feed it as-is.
Tells you when data is incomplete
If an ingredient is missing important nutrient data, the check says so instead of treating the gap as zero.
Not veterinary advice
What this tool is not for.
WoofChef is a recipe checking tool for healthy adult dogs. It does not diagnose illness, treat medical problems, approve a diet, or replace your veterinarian. If your dog is sick or needs a special diet, ask your vet before changing food.
- For healthy adult dogs only.
- Not for puppies, pregnant or nursing dogs, or dogs that need a medical diet.
- Amounts are raw weights; cook before serving.
- Not veterinary advice, diagnosis, treatment, prescription, or diet approval.
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