Comparisons and compromises are part of the pet food purchase process. An informed understanding of the relationship between price, quality and palatability helps the pet owner determine the feeding protocol that meets their compromises
N-R-G Dog Food the dehydrated benchmark.
Whole food diets with grain based carbohydrates contain between 48% and 55% moisture when freshly made before dehydrating. N-R-G re hydrating guidelines return our dehydrated diets to their fresh made status. There are now copy cat dehydrated foods on the market that claim their products rehydrate to 3 or 4 times the weight of the dried product. This practice is deceiving as re-hydrating 10 lbs of food into 30 lbs of wet food means you have diluted the calories and must now feed more food as each cup you measure contains more water
It is not how much water you add back hoping to make more food , it is how much water you mix with the dehydrated food to return it to its original fresh state
N-R-G Dog Food and Frozen Diets
N-R-G ingredients are of similar quality to those used by premium frozen pet food manufacturers. A quality and cost comparison between high quality meat based frozen diets and N-R-G is appropriate as N-R-G is fresh food with the water removed. 12.5 lbs of N-R-G VITALITY is calorically equivalent to 30 lbs of frozen pet food. 1KG (2.25Lbs) of N-R-G MAXIM is calorically equivalent to 9 lbs of frozen food.
N-R-G Dog Food and Kibble
Despite the marketing surrounding super premium kibbles, they are not whole food products and you should resist comparing N-R-G diets with kibble
The only thing N-R-G products have in common with kibble is convenience.
N-R-G is made of whole food ingredients that are gently dehydrated and do not require nor contain a vitamin premix. All kibbles must be fortified with a vitamin and mineral premix to be nutritionally complete
To ensure an accurate caloric comparison , N-R-G VITALITY contains 500 K Calories to the cup , 5-6 cups to the lb and is 93% digestible. Most kibbles contain an average of 350 K Calories to the cup and are 75% digestible. Therefore one cup of VITALITY is calorically equal to 1.5 to 2 cups of kibble depending on the brand.
