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Butternut Box vs traditional dog food

Did you know for a can of dog food to be labelled ‘chicken’ flavour it only needs to contain 4% chicken? That can be any part of the carcass too. At Butternut Box, we are different. We make freshly prepared meals. We publish our recipes (we'd encourage you to read the labels on your existing food) and we use fresh, natural ingredients.

Butternut Box vs traditional food. What’s the difference?

Well, ingredients for a start. We challenge anyone to read the label on your dog's food and try to understand what goes in there. Our food is 60% meat and the rest is a healthy mix of vegetables and carbs. We also have a different cooking process - we gently-cook our food at lower temperatures than traditional dog food to retain nutrients.

Butternut Box

Traditional

We use ingredients that are fit for humans and taste-tested by the team here first.

For a can to be labeled as a flavour like ‘chicken’, it only needs to contain 4% meat.

All of our meals are cooked to order in small batches every week.

Produced on an industrial scale and can often sit on the shelves for months.

We cook at low temperatures to increase palatability, digestibility and hygiene standards.

Cooked to the point of sterilization; sometimes as high as 120 degrees Celsius.

We tailor everything to your dog’s specific needs in pre-portioned daily packs and deliver it straight to your door.

Serving sizes are generally not tailored to your specific dog’s needs.

We use ingredients that are fit for humans and taste-tested by the team here first.

Produced on an industrial scale and can often sit on the shelves for months.

All of our meals are cooked to order in small batches every week.

Produced on an industrial scale and can often sit on the shelves for months.

We cook at low temperatures to increase palatability, digestibility and hygiene standards.

Cooked to the point of sterilization; sometimes as high as 120 degrees Celsius.

We tailor everything to your dog’s specific needs in pre-portioned daily packs and deliver it straight to your door.

Serving sizes are generally not tailored to your specific dog’s needs.

How Butternut Box can help

Butternutters tell us that their pups have healthier skin, higher energy levels and their stools improve on our food. The quality of our ingredients may have something to do with that.

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What folks have been saying

We’re not ones to blow our own trumpets (we’re oboe players anyway), but here’s some nice words about us from people who may or may not play trumpets…

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"Like two angels coming from nowhere, they came and said ‘we can do the cooking for you’. I would be lost without having that delivery every week because it just makes my life so much easier.”

Oli, Rob & Bernard

“Like two angels coming from nowhere, they came and said ‘we can do the cooking for you’. I would be lost without having that delivery every week because it just makes my life so much easier.”

Oli, Rob & Bernard

How Butternut works

You introduce your dog

Tell us about your pup so we can build a plan for their unique nutritional needs.

We create a perfectly portioned plan

We portion your dog's meals in easy-to-serve pouches with all the nutrition they need to thrive!

We deliver to your door

Your dog's freshly made meals are frozen and delivered in an insulated box.

You control your dog’s plan

Change your plan anytime to suit you and your pup.

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