Personalized pet profiles
Capture breed, weight, and activity to build a plan that fits your dog.
AI-powered nutrition. Fresh ingredients.
The Balanced Bowl uses AI and a multi-pass nutrition solver to build balanced recipes from 600+ whole foods. Pick your ingredients, generate a recipe that meets NRC, AAFCO, or FEDIAF standards, and export your shopping list straight to Instacart.
Ask the AI guide about your dog’s diet, pick your ingredients, and let the solver handle the math. Every recipe is optimized across 30+ nutrients — then export to Instacart and start cooking.
From ingredient selection to Instacart checkout — The Balanced Bowl handles pet profiles, recipe generation, nutrient optimization, and shopping list export so you can focus on cooking.
Capture breed, weight, and activity to build a plan that fits your dog.
Manage multiple dogs and create balanced plans from a single dashboard.
Choose standards, preparation style, and macro targets before generating.
See protein, fat, carbs, and key micronutrients at a glance.
Choose from 600+ whole foods — proteins, organs, fish, veggies, starches, and fruits. Set your nutrition standard, prep mode, and macro profile.
Our solver optimizes portions to meet NRC, AAFCO, or FEDIAF nutrient targets — including supplements to fill any gaps. Review the full macro and micronutrient breakdown.
Follow step-by-step prep instructions and export your shopping list directly to Instacart, Amazon, or specialty retailers.
It’s a recipe generator for homemade dog food that actually balances the nutrition. Pick your dog’s proteins and veggies from a database of 600+ whole foods, and our solver builds a recipe that meets your chosen nutrition standard — complete with supplement recommendations to fill any gaps.
Yes. Choose from puppy or adult standards under NRC, AAFCO, or FEDIAF — each with age-appropriate nutrient targets. For seniors, the Weight Management or Senior macro profiles help you dial in lower-calorie, higher-protein recipes.
Yes. The app calculates your dog’s daily calorie needs based on weight, age, activity level, and spay/neuter status. You can also override calories manually to match vet guidance. Preset macro profiles like Weight Management and Low Fat make it easy to target specific goals.
NRC, AAFCO, and FEDIAF — each available for adult and puppy life stages. Select your preferred standard before generating and every recipe will be built to meet its nutrient minimums and safe upper limits.
Yes. Choose raw or cooked before generating and the app adjusts nutrient calculations accordingly — accounting for cooking losses and ingredient availability differences between the two approaches.
Choose from five preset macro profiles — Balanced, Weight Management, Low Fat, Performance, or Senior — or set custom protein, fat, and carb targets (low, medium, or high) to fine-tune the recipe for your dog’s needs.
Yes. After optimizing whole food ingredients, the solver identifies any remaining nutrient gaps and recommends specific supplements to close them. Each supplement includes dosing, product images, and direct purchase links.
The app estimates daily calories using your dog’s weight, age, activity level, sex, and reproductive status. The formula is based on standard MER/RER calculations. You can override the estimate at any time to match your vet’s recommendation.
Create profiles for each of your dogs with their own calorie targets and allergies. You can generate a shared recipe that portions out the right amount for each dog in the household.
Every recipe shows a full macro breakdown (protein, fat, carbs, fiber) plus 30+ micronutrients including calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, and all key vitamins. You’ll see how each nutrient compares to the minimum, maximum, and safe upper limit for your chosen standard.
Yes. Choose your required proteins, organs, fish, starches, vegetables, and fruits from the ingredient picker before generating. You can also exclude specific ingredients for allergies or preference — the solver works around your selections.
Yes. Recipes are saved to your account and stored locally on your device. You can rename them, add notes and photos, and share them with other Balanced Bowl users via a link.
Yes. The app builds a categorized shopping list from your recipe and connects you to retailers — standard grocery ingredients go to Instacart with nearby store selection, supplements link directly to Amazon, and specialty raw ingredients link to retailers like My Pet Carnivore and Raw Feeding Miami.
The AI Guide is a built-in assistant that knows your dog’s profile — breed, age, weight, allergies, and conditions. Ask it nutrition questions, get ingredient suggestions, or have it build recipe parameters for you. It can hand off directly to the recipe generator with your preferences pre-filled.
Generate balanced recipes with AI, track 30+ nutrients, and export your shopping list to Instacart — all in one app.