Protein percentage on the front — how much does it change the cost?

Every point of stated meat content is more of the most expensive input. Premium positioning has a direct and steep cost.

Named single protein — how much does it change the cost?

"Salmon" costs materially more than "meat and animal derivatives", and is the whole premise of most challenger pet brands.

Baking and drying — how much does it change the cost?

Moisture targets set oven time, which sets tolling.

What does it cost to make dog treats?

Q: What does it cost to make dog treats?

A 150g bag costs roughly $0.9522 per unit to make ex-works at a run of 15,000 units — $0.4775 of ingredients, $0.2200 of packaging, $0.1900 of tolling and $0.0170 of inbound freight, divided by a 95% yield. Bigger runs land materially lower.

Cost to make, ex-works $0.9522 per 150g bag, at 15,000 units

Per 1,000 units$952.15

Whole run$14282.29

This is a realistic mid-market estimate, not a quote. The same product at 5,000 units and at 50,000 units are different businesses — run size moves tolling more than any other line. Use it to sanity-check a quote, not to replace one.

Where the money goes

Ingredients $0.4775 50%Packaging $0.2200 23%Tolling $0.1900 20%Inbound freight $0.0170 2%Yield loss $0.0476 5%

The formulation

Ingredient	Qty	Price	Overage	Per unit
Meat meal	420 g/L	$1.95/lb	4%	$0.2817
Oats and binder	380 g/L	$0.68/lb	3%	$0.0880
Vegetable and fibre	120 g/L	$1.20/lb	4%	$0.0495
Vitamin and mineral premix	12 g/L	$14.00/lb	5%	$0.0583
Ingredients per unit				$0.4775

What actually moves this number

Protein percentage on the frontEvery point of stated meat content is more of the most expensive input. Premium positioning has a direct and steep cost.
Named single protein"Salmon" costs materially more than "meat and animal derivatives", and is the whole premise of most challenger pet brands.
Baking and dryingMoisture targets set oven time, which sets tolling.

What is not in here

Excludes feed business registration and analytical constituents testing.

Change the assumptions. Every figure above is an input, not a fact. Put your own supplier prices, your own pack size and your own run volume into the calculator and see what your product actually costs.

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A cost you worked out once is already out of date.

Supplier prices move, co-packers raise rates, and runs yield worse than planned. NextBatch derives cost per unit instead of storing it, so it moves on its own.

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