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Wet/Dry Cat Food Calculator

Work out how much wet and dry food to serve each day, in cans, pouches, cups or grams.

Build your daily feeding plan

Use your total daily target and each package's calories. Choose cans, pouches, cups or grams to make a daily feeding plan.

Your daily target

Total includes treats. Estimate daily calories if you need a starting point.

Treats Starts with no treats

Use the actual amount, or 0 for no treats. These calories are included in your daily target.

Choose your food mix
60% wet / 40% dry calories

This is the share of food calories. Choose 0% for dry food only, or 100% for wet food only.

Wet food package

Use the calories and unit on your exact recipe and package size.

Dry food package

Use the calories on the label. Grams measure weight; cups measure volume.

Check the package

Use calories from the exact recipe and package size. Do not mix package percentages with calories.

Next steps

Put the result into practice.

Plan everyday feeding

Start with weight and body condition, then work through calories and portions.

A few common questions

Can this tell me the perfect food mix?

No. It converts calories into portions. Texture preference, hydration, medical diets, and stomach tolerance still matter.

Should treats be included?

Enter the calories in the treats you actually give, or 0 for none. Treats should generally be no more than 10% of the daily total; the rest should come from complete and balanced food.

About this tool

Your cat's health and history can change what is right for them. Use these results to support a conversation with your veterinarian. They cannot confirm a diagnosis or prescribe treatment.

Updated 2026-10-05

How this tool works

This tool divides a calorie target into package-based portions. The wet share is a choice by the user, not a recommended food ratio.

View rules and sources

  1. Treat allowance

    Published value

    Treats: no more than 10% of the daily calorie target.

    The 10% allowance is supported. A treat amount above it produces a warning; this tool does not assess the diet's nutrient balance.

  2. Calories to portions

    Unit or portion arithmetic

    Food amount = assigned kcal ÷ package kcal per unit; multiply by 100 for kcal/100 g.

    This is unit arithmetic using the exact recipe's package calories. Cups, cans and pouches are not assumed to have the same size or calorie content.

  3. Wet and dry split

    Unit or portion arithmetic

    Food kcal = target − actual treat kcal. Wet kcal = round(food kcal × wet share); dry kcal = the remainder. The page starts at 60% wet; a call with no share supplied falls back to 50%.

    The 0–100% range allows either food alone. The slider moves in five-point steps; the calculation also accepts intermediate shares. Both defaults are site choices. This is a calorie split, not mass, volume or a health ranking.

  4. Per-meal amounts

    Unit or portion arithmetic

    Divide each daily amount equally across 1–6 meals.

    Equal division and the meal-count limits are interface arithmetic; they do not prescribe meal timing.

  5. Older shared links

    Unit or portion arithmetic

    An older includeTreats=true link reserves round(10% of daily kcal) when no actual treat value is supplied.

    This compatibility rule uses an assumed allowance. New plans should enter the actual treat calories.

Published values support the stated reference scope. They do not establish the accuracy or clinical validity of this tool.

Sources checked · No professional review recorded. Source checking is a record of reading, not a clinical review.