Growing pup beef & rice
A growth recipe rather than an adult one, and the difference is not a smaller portion. Growth asks for more calcium and holds calcium to phosphorus under 1.6 to 1, so eggshell powder will not serve here: it is almost pure calcium and pushes that ratio the wrong way. Bone meal carries both at roughly two to one instead. Sardines cover phosphorus, sodium, and iodine at once, and the broth carries sodium that meat alone leaves short. Meets every FEDIAF growth target for a puppy under 14 weeks with nothing over its ceiling.
- Life stage
- Growth
- Energy
- 110 kcal per 100 g
- Batch yield
- 1527 g
- Cost per batch
- $10.09
Ingredients
- 420 g Ground beef, 90% lean / 10% fat, raw
- 35 g Beef liver, raw
- 60 g Sardines, canned in water, drained, with bone
- 150 g Beef broth/stock, homemade
- 450 g Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked
- 120 g Pumpkin, canned, plain (no spice)
- 100 g Carrot, raw
- 80 g Green beans, raw
- 80 g Egg, whole, raw
- 8 g Sunflower oil, linoleic (>=65%)
- 9 g Bone meal powder, food grade (MCHA-type)
- 1 g Kelp powder, dried (Ascophyllum/Laminaria)
- 14 g Balance IT Canine (vitamin/mineral/amino acid supplement)
Method
- Brown the ground beef and chopped liver in a large pot, then scramble the egg into them.
- Mash the sardines, bones and all, and stir them in with the broth. Much of their calcium is in the bones, so they are not picked out.
- Stir in the rice, pumpkin, carrot, and green beans until warmed through.
- Off the heat, mix in the sunflower oil, bone meal, kelp, and supplement. Adding the supplement to a hot pot costs some of the vitamins it carries.
- Cool fully before portioning into meals.
FEDIAF 2025 nutrient analysis
Measured against FEDIAF 2025 for growth, per 1,000 kcal of metabolisable energy, this recipe is inside every minimum and every maximum across all 29 nutrients with a published bound.
| Nutrient | Per 1,000 kcal | Minimum | Maximum | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Protein | 80.3 g | 62.5 g | – | Meets |
| Crude Fat | 41.4 g | 21.3 g | – | Meets |
| Linoleic Acid (omega-6, LA) | 5.67 g | 3.25 g | 16.3 g | Meets |
| alpha-Linolenic Acid (omega-3, ALA) | 0.21 g | 0.2 g | – | Meets |
| EPA + DHA (combined) | 0.38 g | 0.13 g | – | Meets |
| Calcium | 3.02 g | 2.5 g | 4 g | Meets |
| Phosphorus | 2.52 g | 2.25 g | 4.57 g | Meets |
| Potassium | 2.79 g | 1.1 g | – | Meets |
| Sodium | 0.7 g | 0.55 g | – | Meets |
| Magnesium | 0.32 g | 0.1 g | – | Meets |
| Iron | 26.9 mg | 22 mg | 170 mg | Meets |
| Copper | 4.07 mg | 2.75 mg | 7 mg | Meets |
| Manganese | 4.06 mg | 1.4 mg | 42.5 mg | Meets |
| Zinc | 39 mg | 25 mg | 56.8 mg | Meets |
| Iodine | 1.81 mg | 0.38 mg | 2.75 mg | Meets |
| Selenium | 131 ug | 100 ug | 142 ug | Meets |
| Vitamin A | 26247 IU | 1250 IU | 71429 IU | Meets |
| Vitamin D | 218 IU | 138 IU | 568 IU | Meets |
| Vitamin E | 64.1 IU | 12.5 IU | – | Meets |
| Thiamine (B1) | 1.06 mg | 0.45 mg | – | Meets |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 2.4 mg | 1.05 mg | – | Meets |
| Pantothenic Acid (B5) | 6.99 mg | 3 mg | – | Meets |
| Niacin (B3) | 28.2 mg | 3.4 mg | – | Meets |
| Pyridoxine (B6) | 2.1 mg | 0.3 mg | – | Meets |
| Folic Acid (B9) | 214 ug | 54 ug | – | Meets |
| Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) | 26.3 ug | 7 ug | – | Meets |
| Choline | 656 mg | 425 mg | – | Meets |
| Calcium : Phosphorus ratio | 1.2 | 1 | 1.6 | Meets |
| zn_cu_ratio | 9.59 | 9.09 | 15 | Meets |
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