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Instructions for Adding EZComplete Premix at the Time of Feeding when using cooked meats. |
Whether or not to use this method is up to you and your dog. It is not necessary. As described on the package and in the "How To Prepare" section, the meat can be cooked, the food made with the cooked meat and then the batch of prepared cooked food can be portioned for freezer storage and thawed for use.
Some dogs (even with raw food) prefer the EZComplete premix when it is added just before eating. Because the amount of premix powder to use is based on the raw weight of the meat, adding the premix to cooked meat for individual meals or daily portions requires calculating the raw equivalent amount of meat in each cooked meat portion. These are the instructions on how to do that.
WEIGH THE RAW MEAT BEFORE COOKING
Also please note:
Even if your dog is already eating raw or cooked food, please introduce this new food slowly. Please see How to Properly and Slowly Introduce EZComplete to Your Dog
EZComplete fur Dogs balances boneless meat. It is a true meat-completer: do NOT add any secreting organs or source of calcium. This premix is NOT a "vitamin supplement" and the premix powder alone cannot be added to foods that are already balanced and complete. The food made with the premix powder can be. That is, food made with EZComplete, once prepared as directed, can be mixed any other balanced foods for the introduction.
EZComplete fur Dogs already contains plant-based digestive enzymes and a source of omega 3 (via a daily maintenance dose of green lipped mussel powder).
To prevent sensitivities or food boredom, we recommend including at least three different animals sources in your diet rotation, though please be sure to properly introduce each new protein made with EZComplete slowly and one-at-a-time.
The Instructions for Portioning Cooked Meats & Adding Premix Powder at the Time of Feeding
You DO need a kitchen scale for proper measures when using this method.
Again: the amount of EZComplete premix powder to use is based on the RAW weight of the meat. Cooking alters the weight of the meat. Thus the final weight of your cooked meat is NOT a factor in how to calculate how much premix to use with your cooked meat. This method calculates how much raw weight of meat is in your (evenly weighed) cooked portions.
1) Weigh your boneless meat while it is still raw before you cook it. Calculate how much EZComplete fur Dogs premix powder to use for that amount of raw meat. The amount of premix powder to use is 1.66 grams times the number of ounces (0.0585 grams times the number of grams of meat) . Round up to the nearest 10th of a gram OR the nearest gram. Write that down so you can refer back to it.
2) Cook your meat. (Please see the "How to Prepare" instructions for cooking if you need instruction). Make sure to recover all water used in cooking OR use water as needed to recover all pan juices. Let the meat cool.
3) Divide your cooked meat and recovered water/juices as evenly as possible. THIS IS ESSENTIAL. It does not matter what portion size you use. ALL that matters is that you take the total weight of your meat + juices and divide them into even-weighing portions. All the portions should weigh just about the same amount. Do your best to spread the juices across the portions. If there are slight variations, this is OK. It balances out over time.
4) Count your number of even portions (or as even as possible). Take the total amount of EZComplete needed to balance the starting raw weight of the meat (in step number one, above) and divide that amount of powder by the number of even-weighing portions you made. That is how much EZComplete premix powder to add when using the portion.
EXAMPLE:
Step 1) You have 2 pounds (32 ounces) of raw boneless meat before cooking (907 grams of raw boneless meat). The amount of premix powder needed to balance this is 1.66 grams per ounce of meat times 32 ounces of meat = 53 grams of premix powder (0.0586 grams of premix powder times 907 grams of meat = 53 grams of premix powder). (There are slight variations due to rounding that will not impact the nutritional content of the food in a meaningful way). We don't follow traditional rounding guidelines if using whole grams, always round up if your scale does not weigh 10ths of grams.
Step 2) Cook the meat with your preferred method of cooking. Recover pan juices / cooking water and add to the meat. Let this cool.
Step 3) Weigh the cooked meat + recovered water/ juices. In this example, we assume the cooked meat plus recovered cooking water/ pan juices weighs 40 ounces (1,134g). It may be more or less than that, this is only theoretical. It doesn't matter how much water you use for cooking or pan juice recovery. All that matters is you use and weigh all of it. You decide to divide this 40 ounces (1,134g) of cooked meat and juices into 10 even portions that weigh 4 ounces (113.4g) each.
You can divide your total cooked meat + water/juices into as many or as few portions as you like. ALL that matters is that your portions all weigh about the same amount.
Step 4) In this example, there are 10 evenly weighed portions. Take the total amount of premix powder needed to balance the raw weight of the meat calculated in step one (53 grams of powder) and divide this by the number of (even weighing) portions. It doesn't matter how much those portions weigh. All that matters is the portions all weigh about the same and the number of portions. In this example, there are 10 portions. 53 grams of powder needed to balance the total starting raw weight of the meat divided by 10 portions is 5.3 grams of premix powder per portion. Jot that down so you can refer to it as you use the portions. In this example, 5.3 grams of premix powder is needed per portion of cooked meat.
The portions can be frozen and thawed and the EZComplete premix powder added to the portion just prior to use.
You DO need a kitchen scale for proper measures when using this method.
Again: the amount of EZComplete premix powder to use is based on the RAW weight of the meat. Cooking alters the weight of the meat. Thus the final weight of your cooked meat is NOT a factor in how to calculate how much premix to use with your cooked meat. This method calculates how much raw weight of meat is in your (evenly weighed) cooked portions.
1) Weigh your boneless meat while it is still raw before you cook it. Calculate how much EZComplete fur Dogs premix powder to use for that amount of raw meat. The amount of premix powder to use is 1.66 grams times the number of ounces (0.0585 grams times the number of grams of meat) . Round up to the nearest 10th of a gram OR the nearest gram. Write that down so you can refer back to it.
2) Cook your meat. (Please see the "How to Prepare" instructions for cooking if you need instruction). Make sure to recover all water used in cooking OR use water as needed to recover all pan juices. Let the meat cool.
3) Divide your cooked meat and recovered water/juices as evenly as possible. THIS IS ESSENTIAL. It does not matter what portion size you use. ALL that matters is that you take the total weight of your meat + juices and divide them into even-weighing portions. All the portions should weigh just about the same amount. Do your best to spread the juices across the portions. If there are slight variations, this is OK. It balances out over time.
4) Count your number of even portions (or as even as possible). Take the total amount of EZComplete needed to balance the starting raw weight of the meat (in step number one, above) and divide that amount of powder by the number of even-weighing portions you made. That is how much EZComplete premix powder to add when using the portion.
EXAMPLE:
Step 1) You have 2 pounds (32 ounces) of raw boneless meat before cooking (907 grams of raw boneless meat). The amount of premix powder needed to balance this is 1.66 grams per ounce of meat times 32 ounces of meat = 53 grams of premix powder (0.0586 grams of premix powder times 907 grams of meat = 53 grams of premix powder). (There are slight variations due to rounding that will not impact the nutritional content of the food in a meaningful way). We don't follow traditional rounding guidelines if using whole grams, always round up if your scale does not weigh 10ths of grams.
Step 2) Cook the meat with your preferred method of cooking. Recover pan juices / cooking water and add to the meat. Let this cool.
Step 3) Weigh the cooked meat + recovered water/ juices. In this example, we assume the cooked meat plus recovered cooking water/ pan juices weighs 40 ounces (1,134g). It may be more or less than that, this is only theoretical. It doesn't matter how much water you use for cooking or pan juice recovery. All that matters is you use and weigh all of it. You decide to divide this 40 ounces (1,134g) of cooked meat and juices into 10 even portions that weigh 4 ounces (113.4g) each.
You can divide your total cooked meat + water/juices into as many or as few portions as you like. ALL that matters is that your portions all weigh about the same amount.
Step 4) In this example, there are 10 evenly weighed portions. Take the total amount of premix powder needed to balance the raw weight of the meat calculated in step one (53 grams of powder) and divide this by the number of (even weighing) portions. It doesn't matter how much those portions weigh. All that matters is the portions all weigh about the same and the number of portions. In this example, there are 10 portions. 53 grams of powder needed to balance the total starting raw weight of the meat divided by 10 portions is 5.3 grams of premix powder per portion. Jot that down so you can refer to it as you use the portions. In this example, 5.3 grams of premix powder is needed per portion of cooked meat.
The portions can be frozen and thawed and the EZComplete premix powder added to the portion just prior to use.