Home-Cooked Diet Formulation
Complete and balanced, scientifically formulated for your pet's needs and your lifestyle
A fully balanced, science-based diet formulated specifically for your dog or cat, using the ingredients, feeding style, and preparation methods that fit your everyday life. Whether you prefer fresh cooked meals, raw feeding, homemade treats, or mixed approaches, every formulation is individually designed to provide complete and balanced nutrition.
Dr. Mohammad Elahi
PhD Animal Nutrition
YOUR FORMULATION INCLUDES
Important: Studies show that the majority of home-prepared pet diet recipes found online, including those published in books and veterinary websites, are nutritionally incomplete or imbalanced. A professionally formulated diet is not the same as a recipe from the internet.
Most homemade pet diets look healthy, but aren't nutritionally complete.
Chicken, rice, and vegetables seem like a healthy meal. And in the short term, they are. But long-term feeding on an unbalanced homemade diet leads to progressive nutritional deficiencies, affecting bone density, coat quality, immune function, organ health, and overall wellbeing.
The problem is invisible at first. By the time symptoms appear, the deficiencies have been accumulating for months or years.
A professionally formulated diet is fundamentally different. Every ingredient is selected and weighted to provide the correct levels of energy, protein, essential amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and trace nutrients, calibrated specifically for your pet's size, age, and life stage.
The result is a genuinely balanced diet you can prepare at home with confidence.
TYPICAL ONLINE HOMEMADE RECIPE
Not designed for your pet's specific weight and life stage
Missing critical vitamins and minerals
Calcium-phosphorus ratio often imbalanced
No supplementation guidance
Not validated by veterinary nutrition science
CANFELA FORMULATED DIET
Calculated for your pet's exact weight, age and life stage
Complete vitamin and mineral coverage
Nutrient ratios verified against scientific guidelines
Exact supplement specifications included
Validated by PhD Animal Nutrition expertise
Know before you book.
✔ THIS SERVICE IS RIGHT FOR YOU IF...
You prefer preparing your pet's food at home
You want complete control over ingredients
You don't fully trust commercial diets
You want nutritionally complete homemade meals
You need recipes tailored to your available ingredients
You prefer cooked, baked, raw, or mixed feeding approaches
✖ NOT SUITABLE FOR...
Pets with diagnosed medical conditions requiring therapeutic nutrition
Emergency nutritional support
Medical treatment or disease management
A confirmed veterinary diagnosis is required before therapeutic diet formulation. If your pet has a medical condition, our Clinical Nutrition Program is more appropriate.
Whatever feeding style you prefer, we can formulate for it.
Every household prepares food differently. Your formulation is designed around the feeding style that best fits your preferences and routine, not a single fixed approach.
Fresh Cooked Meals
Daily or batch-cooked balanced meals using fresh ingredients
Raw Feeding
Biologically appropriate raw food diets formulated for nutritional completeness
Homemade Treats
Balanced treat formulations using home-baked or fresh ingredients
Homemade Biscuits
Baked dog or cat biscuit formulations using your preferred ingredients
Home-Baked Dry Style
Oven-baked dry food alternatives formulated for everyday feeding
Mixed Feeding
Homemade meals combined with commercial food for flexibility and balance
Rather than limiting you to a single recipe, we design a feeding strategy that matches both your pet's nutritional needs and your everyday routine, including ingredient substitutions, rotation options, and batch cooking guidance.
A complete formulation, not just a recipe.
Creating a nutritionally complete homemade diet involves much more than combining meat, vegetables, and rice. Every formulation is individually balanced to provide the correct levels of energy, protein, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and trace nutrients.
YOUR COMPLETE FORMULATION PACKAGE
Exact Ingredient Weights
Precise gram-by-gram quantities for every ingredient in every meal
Calorie & Nutrient Targets
Daily calorie requirements, protein, fat, and essential nutrient targets
Complete Supplement Plan
Exact supplement specifications, brands, and dosages to complete the diet
Preparation Instructions
Step-by-step meal preparation guide tailored to your cooking style
Storage & Batch Cooking
Safe storage recommendations and batch cooking guidance for convenience
Recipe Rotation Options
Ingredient variation options to prevent food boredom when appropriate
Ingredient Substitutions
Alternatives based on local availability and seasonal ingredient access
Professional PDF Report
Complete, professionally formatted document ready to save and follow
Complete list of inclusions:
Comprehensive nutritional assessment
Detailed ingredient evaluation
Protein source selection and optimization
Carbohydrate and vegetable selection
Feeding frequency and portion guide
Daily calorie requirement calculation
Protein, fat, and nutrient targets
Delivered within 5–7 business days
Most home-prepared diets require supplementation. Here's why.
Even the most carefully selected whole ingredients cannot provide every nutrient in the correct proportions for long-term health. Key vitamins, specific mineral ratios, and trace elements are difficult, often impossible, to achieve consistently through food alone.
This is not a limitation of homemade feeding. It's simply the reality of nutrition science. Commercial pet foods add supplements for exactly the same reason.
WHAT YOUR SUPPLEMENT PLAN WILL INCLUDE
Only supplements that are scientifically necessary
Specific product names or specifications
Exact dosages for your pet's weight
Alternatives where different brands are available
Clear instructions for how and when to add them
We never recommend unnecessary supplements. Every supplement in your plan has a specific nutritional justification.
We work with what you have.
Whenever possible, your preferred protein sources and locally available ingredients are incorporated into the formulation. You're not required to source specialty ingredients.
PROTEINS
CARBOHYDRATES
VEGETABLES & ADDITIONS
All recommendations are independent we never recommend specific brands or products unless they are the best nutritional choice for your pet. We have no commercial relationships with any ingredient or supplement suppliers.
Simple, thorough, and built for long-term use.
Complete the Detailed Nutrition Questionnaire
Tell us about your pet, your preferred feeding style, available ingredients, budget, cooking habits, and nutritional goals.
Your Ingredients and Preferences Are Reviewed
Dr. Elahi evaluates your available ingredients, feeding preferences, and pet's specific nutritional requirements before formulation begins.
Complete and Balanced Diet Is Formulated
Dr. Elahi formulates your complete balanced diet, calculating exact ingredient weights, nutrient targets, supplement requirements, and preparation guidance specific to your pet and lifestyle.
Receive Your Professional PDF Formulation
Your complete formulation package arrives by email within 5–7 business days, ready to print, follow, and use as your long-term home-feeding guide.
Formulated nutrition, not improvised cooking.
Formulated, Not Just Cooked
Every recipe is nutritionally balanced using veterinary nutrition principles, not adapted from human cooking guides or wellness blogs.
Built Around Your Lifestyle
Your available ingredients, budget, cooking habits, and feeding preferences are all incorporated into the final formulation.
Science-Based Nutrient Balancing
Energy, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and micronutrients are considered throughout the entire formulation process.
Practical for Everyday Feeding
Designed to be realistic, sustainable, and easy to prepare over the long term, not an idealized protocol that's difficult to maintain.
Common questions.
Professional Notice: Home-prepared diets require careful nutritional balancing to support long-term health. CANFELA formulations are designed using veterinary nutrition principles but do not replace veterinary diagnosis or medical treatment. Pets with diagnosed medical conditions require a confirmed veterinary diagnosis before therapeutic nutrition recommendations can be provided.
Feed With Confidence
Give your pet a professionally formulated home-prepared diet designed specifically for their nutritional needs, your available ingredients, and your preferred feeding style.
€100 international · 5–7 business days · Complete formulation