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A suite of development tools that supports pet food planning, formulation, and labeling design all in one place. From automatic recipe generation and ingredient\/nutrition checks to ME calculation using the Modified Atwater method and verification against NRC standards, these tools are useful for the early stages of product development. Everything can be completed in your browser, and all tools are available free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Recipe Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AI Pet Food Recipe Generator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Simply answer a few questions, and we\u2019ll provide a free original complete-and-balanced dry pet food recipe concept tailored to your target animal protein, life stage, key product claims, and other requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a Recipe<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Metabolizable Energy (ME)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Modified Atwater ME Calculation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A free tool that automatically calculates metabolizable energy (ME) based on the Modified Atwater equation\u2014an approach officially adopted by AAFCO. Simply enter the basic nutrient composition of your pet food to generate an ME estimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the calculator<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NRC 2006 (CF) ME Calculation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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To predict ME more accurately than Modified Atwater, NRC proposes a four-step calculation method. This method adjusts digestibility based on crude fiber content and applies different urinary energy corrections for dogs and cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the calculator<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Feeding Amount (RER\/MER \u2192 g\/day)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Daily Feeding Amount Calculation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Enter body weight and the food\u2019s metabolizable energy (ME), then select (or manually enter) the MER factor (RER multiplier) by life stage. The tool automatically calculates RER, MER, and the recommended daily feeding amount (g\/day), including the formulas used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the calculator<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A suite of development tools that supports pet food planning, formulation, and labeling design all in one place. From automatic recipe generation and ingredient\/nutrition checks to ME calculation using the Modified Atwater method and verification against NRC standards, these tools are useful for the early stages of product development. Everything can be completed in your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42515,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"emanon_ad_label_edit":"no_display","emanon_hide_header":"0","emanon_hide_header_menu":"0","emanon_hide_header_menu_sp":"0","emanon_hide_featured_image":"0","emanon_disabled_overlay":"0","emanon_hide_title":"0","emanon_hide_sidebar":"0","emanon_hide_breadcrumb":"0","emanon_hide_toc":"0","emanon_hide_sns":"0","emanon_hide_follow":"0","emanon_hide_ad":"0","emanon_disabled_background_color":"0","emanon_hide_content_margin_top":"0","emanon_hide_content_margin_bottom":"0","emanon_hide_left_right_margin_sp":"0","emanon_hide_footer_section":"0","emanon_hide_footer":"0","emanon_hide_fixed_sidebar_menu":"0","emanon_hide_floating_hamburger_menu":"0","emanon_hide_hamburger_menu_pc":"0","emanon_hide_hamburger_menu_sp_tb":"0","emanon_hide_fixed_footer_menu":"0","emanon_one_column_width":"","emanon_subtitle":"","emanon_cta_cv_type":"cta-cv-not","emanon_cta_floating_cv_type":"cta-cv-not","emanon_cta_newsletter_cv_type":"cta-cv-not","emanon_cta_id":"","emanon_cta_floating_id":"","emanon_cta_newsletter_id":"","emanon_noindex":"0","emanon_nofollow":"0","emanon_meta_description":"Free browser-based tools for pet food planning, formulation, labeling, recipes, ME and daily feeding calculations.","get_emanon_structured_data_profile_page_name":[],"emanon_custom_footer_shortcode":"","emanon_custom_header_shortcode":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42472","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42472"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48605,"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42472\/revisions\/48605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/first-reach.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}