Putting the food 
back into dog food

    Gently cooked fresh meals, served from the fridge.

    Fridge filled with Butternut Box chicken dog food, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products on shelves.

    70 years ago,
 a businessman decided to sell "food" for dogs

    Only it wasn't really food. It was a formula.

    01

    Take the cheapest, leftover ingredients

    Various grains, powders, and seeds scattered on a surface with feathers, a chicken foot, and a bowl of oil.
    02

    Blast beyond recognition with high heat

    03

    Pack with preservatives for a long shelf-life

    Bag of dry dog food, a metal can, and a white carton box on a tiled surface, with food scattered around.

    And not much has changed today...

    Over 85%

    of pet food is over-processed

    4%

    chicken qualifies as "with chicken"

    There had to be another way

    NOT

    wet

    NOT

    dry

    NOT

    raw

    fresh

    THE BUTTERNUT METHOD

    A new breed of dog food.

    Made to help them thrive from top to tail.

    1

    Take the very best human-quality ingredients.

    Juicy beef, tender veg, flaky fish. Mmmm.

    Fresh Butternut Box ingredients

    2

    Gently steam-cook at 90°C.

    The sweet spot for keeping the bacteria out and nutrients in. Simple.

    Hand slicing cooked chicken on a wooden board, surrounded by peas, sweet potatoes, rosemary and bowls of greens.

    3

    Freeze fresh, ready to serve from the fridge

    Where fresh food belongs.

    Open fridge with Butternut Box dog food, fresh produce, berries, and juices. Person's hand reaching inside.
    FEDIAF Logo

    FEDIAF approved

    BCorp logo

    BCORP certified

    BRCGS Logo

    BRCGS accredited

    Älskad av kräsna, matfantaster och (före detta) fjärtar

    en hund med kockhatt

    96%

    är nöjda med att de bytte
    En hund med tratt

    4 av 5

    ser en hälsoförbättring
    En hund med solglasögon

    92%

    säger att måltiderna är enklare
    En hund som håller ett koppel i munnen

    94%

    tycker Butternut är lätt att förvara
    En hund som håller ett koppel i munnen.

    Kan det här bli din hunds nya favorit?

    Berätta lite om dem så hjälper vi dig att byta till färsk foder.

    FAQs

    Human-quality meat and vegetables, gently cooked to create simple, tasty, complete meals. All created with the right balance of vitamins and minerals for dogs of every age.

    We take the best quality ingredients that we can find, gently cook them at 90 degrees, and quickly freeze them so that we can lock in the freshness without relying on any nasty preservatives.

    To get started, you'll need to create an account. This is what you will use to manage your subscription moving forward. We'll ask you some questions about your dog (or dogs) then recommend a bespoke plan for them. You can choose which of our recipes you would like to receive and we will deliver them in convenient portions direct to your door.

    Butternut Box is fresh dog food, which means it isn't excessively processed like wet or dry food. Instead, we use whole, human-quality ingredients you can see and say. Our meals are gently cooked at 90°C to lock in the nutrients, then frozen ready to serve from the fridge. Finally, each recipe is taste-tested by us to make sure it's the best it can be. Good enough for us, good enough for them.

    Yes, all Butternut Box meals are complete and balanced. We actually go one step further, as they’re also highly digestible, which means the good stuff in our food is more easily absorbed, and dogs get more nutrients with every bite. And more nutrients on the inside means more benefits on the outside.

    When we say human-quality ingredients, we mean ingredients that have been sourced from the human food supply chain. In other words, ingredients like chicken, beef, carrots or peas that are of such high quality, they can be (and are) used for our own human food. Once they're inside our Kitchens, they can no longer be used for human food, but they can always be easily traced back to their origins and retain their quality from the moment they're sourced to when they're served. This is unlike the ingredients used in many kibble or wet foods, which are often difficult to trace and not fit for human consumption.

    Butternut Box logo
    BCorp logo
    Allt om oss
    Gräv lite djupare
    En hjälpande tass
    A brown Tik Tok logo
    Brown X social media logo
    Brown Instagram logo
    Brown Facebook logo
    Brown YouTube logo
    Visa logo
    Mastercard logo
    Amex logo
    PayPal logo
    Google Pay logo
    Apple Pay logo

    ©2026 Butternut Box