Chef Paw Dog Food Maker: Pet Food of the Future
Today, more than ever, pet owners are prioritizing the quality of their pets' food just as seriously as their own. As an animal lover and nutritionist, I wholeheartedly believe in that too!
Although pet owners genuinely want to feed their dogs or cats quality food, they often overpay for pet food from brands that say to be good quality, but when you take a closer look, it's no different from the low-quality ones. And often, the high-quality brands also own the low-quality line of foods. Yeah, that sounds a bit suspicious, doesn’t it? (I’m looking at you, Purina Pro-plan!)
And this is in no way to shame owners who aren’t aware of all the dangers in pet food, but to give you another option other than crappy kibble that is negatively affecting your pet. And the solution is the Chef Paw Dog Food Maker! In this post, I will be going over the following:
What is the Chef Paw Dog Food Maker?
What are the features of the Chef Paw?
How does feeding real ingredients benefit your pet?
How Chef Paw curates your meal plans
How this product spares you from the financial chains of buying kibble!
What is the Chef Paw?
The Chef Paw dog food maker is a unique countertop kitchen invention created by the well-known pet company, Innovet Pet Products to simplify the process of creating at home pet food. Innovet has been around since 2005 and is a strong advocate for natural, holistic products such as CBD oil, all-natural vitamins, and more, which is why I love their company. Reading their story also makes you realize how much heart they put into their products based on the struggles that each of their dogs had gone through, they’re even still making products from their home 20 years later, that's dedication.
What are the features of the Chef Paw?
Now, to summarize how awesome the Chef Paw is, I’ll start with this. A dog food maker that cleans itself (mic drop). Do I need to say anymore?
All jokes aside, the function of the Chef Paw is to take real ingredients from your local store, we’re talking raw organic meats, and vegetables, and putting them into the Chef Paw, which will chop up the ingredients for you, blender style, so you don’t have to do any chopping at all which already removes so much of the pain from making your own pet food. It even has different modes for how you would like your food to be chopped or mixed to get the perfect consistency for your dog’s tastes.
The Chef Paw is designed to cook food all in one machine, eliminating the need to transfer items in and out of an oven. It cooks at a temperature of 100°F, which ensures that raw meat is thoroughly cooked to avoid potential contamination. This temperature is also low enough to preserve the great nutritional value of the raw ingredients.
Lastly, after all the work is done, Chef Paw has a feature in which it can clean itself. Yes you still can purchase a cleaner brush for it for those really sticky food creations, but all you really need to do most of the time is add water, a bit of soap, hit clean, and say goodbye to 30 minutes of cleanup!
How Chef Paw Curates Meal Plans.
If you're apprehensive about making dog food, especially if it's your first time, there's no need to worry. Chef Paw dog food makers come with a free app that helps you plan meals before you go shopping. The app allows you to organize the ingredients, determine the right amounts, and connect with a community of passionate pet food makers to share recipe ideas. It's all about creating delicious food and building community!
I would also recommend checking out what's called RER and DER for dogs and cats. Researching those will help you understand how much your dog or cat should be eating a day based on weight, age, and activity level. RER is the energy required when a pet is in their resting state. DER is the daily energy requirement for pets during their daily activities. Check out this link below for more breakdown on that topic.
How Does Feeding Real Ingredients Benefit Your Pet?
There are numerous benefits to feeding real, good-quality ingredients from your local store rather than feeding kibble. Don’t get me wrong, there are brands of kibble I believe to be good quality and work for most pets, but nothing can compare to raw, unaltered meats and vegetables. Especially organic ingredients and antibiotic-free meats.
Like people, dogs and cats benefit from food that doesn’t contain fillers. Fillers are ingredients used by manufacturers to meet the caloric requirements of kibble without providing any nutritional value; they merely "fill" space in the food. Common fillers in pet food include wheat, soy, corn, rice flour, potato starch, and cereal by-products. These ingredients are unnecessary for dogs and cats. For cats, grain is unnecessary, even whole grain. While dogs may benefit from whole grains, cats truly require meat products and seafood for optimal health.
READ MORE: Cat Wet Food: Necessary Or Not?
When using the Chef Paw, the ability to use real ingredients will allow your pet to get more out of their food due to the food's bioavailability (how easy it is for the body to use and absorb).
Kibble can contain a laundry list of ingredients that are doing more harm than good to your pet's body without even realizing it. Chef Paw will guide you through recipes, giving your dog or cat the ability to be in their healthiest form! Chef Paw even has an option to bundle the Chef Paw maker with healthy natural supplements like fish oil.
So, How Does Chef Paw Save You Money Down The Road?
Buying a bag of kibble is not only super expensive, ranging from $60-$100, depending on the bag size and brand. But when you break down the cost per pound, it's even crazier! Kibble per pound can range from $5-$10 per pound, while buying ingredients for the Chef Paw is as little as $1.81 per pound.
For example, consider an 80-pound dog that usually requires 3 cups of Purina Pro Plan kibble each day to maintain its healthy weight. This amounts to about a pound of kibble per day, which costs roughly $10. Most people are spending 10 dollars a day on kibble, which hurts my pockets just writing that!
Conclusion.
The Chef Paw offers quality and functionality while saving you from expensive, low-quality kibble! Having an appliance that offers a variety of options to simplify your life in the kitchen—while also prioritizing health and nutrition, adds such value to both your life and your pets' lives and is truly an amazing addition to your routine.
