UK fresh dog food head to head
Bella & Duke vs Different Dog on price
This is the widest price gap between any two fresh brands we track, and it is the one pairing where the introductory offer does not disguise it even for a single day. Raw on one side, restaurant-style cooked meals on the other. Both are frozen, both portion to your dog, and what separates them on the bill is substantial.
- The widest ongoing gap of any pair we compare
- An introductory offer that does not close it at any point
- Everything we track that undercuts them both, named
Ongoing prices for a neutered 14kg adult dog on typical walks. Both verified 26 Jul 2026 from the brands' own quote processes.
Price by dog size
Six representative dogs, each priced from the models we fit to quotes taken in the brands' own signup processes. The figures are ongoing rates for a neutered adult on typical walks, which is the profile both curves were sampled against.
| Dog | Bella & DukeRaw | Different DogGently cooked |
|---|---|---|
| Chihuahua3kg | £0.79 (cheaper for this dog) | £1.70 |
| Dachshund9kg | £1.65 (cheaper for this dog) | £2.74 |
| Cocker Spaniel14kg | £2.09 (cheaper for this dog) | £3.45 |
| Border Collie19kg | £2.56 (cheaper for this dog) | £3.83 |
| Labrador30kg | £3.61 (cheaper for this dog) | £4.65 |
| Rottweiler40kg | £4.81 (cheaper for this dog) | £5.09 |
Cheaper by weight
- 2–44kgBella & Duke
- 44–60kgDifferent Dog
Watch the last row rather than the middle ones. The two curves close as portions grow, and the largest dogs are the only place on this table where the ordering is close enough to be worth a second look.
What moving between them costs
Most switching decisions on this site turn on how long a new brand's offer masks its ongoing price. This pair is the exception, and the third figure below is why. Calculated for a mid-size adult dog over a full year.
- £41.40more a month on Different Dog, once both are at their ongoing price
- £496.40more a year at the ongoing prices, for the same dog
- 0days that Different Dog's offer keeps its running total below Bella & Duke's: its discounted price is already above the other's ongoing price
- £1,250.80a first year on Different Dog with its offer, against £762.85 staying on Bella & Duke
The comparison prices someone who has finished their current brand's introductory period, set against a complete first year on the other with its offer applied. Every figure recomputes from the models on each build.
Cheaper than both, for the same dog
Two brands on a page is a shortlist, not a market. Here is whatever we track that comes in below both of them for this dog, ordered on price with nothing else taken into account. The category is shown against each, because not all of it is the same kind of food.
- tails.comPersonalised kibble£1.25/day
Why the offer does not close the gap
Introductory offers work by pulling a brand's price below what you are currently paying, for long enough to get you settled. That is the mechanism this whole site exists to measure. Here it does not engage: the discounted daily price on the pricier plan is still above the other brand's normal price, so the running totals never cross over.
It means the usual advice to wait out the offer and reassess does not apply to this pairing. Whatever these two are worth to you has to be decided on the ongoing figures in the table, because the introductory period never makes the more expensive option the cheaper one, even on its first day.
The lever that does exist
Different Dog sells a partial diet alongside its full one, at roughly half the daily portion, intended as a topper over another food rather than as the whole meal. Our figures are for the complete plan, since that is the only like-for-like comparison against a full raw diet, but the half portion brings the daily cost down proportionately and is the realistic way to run this brand on a tighter budget.
Worth knowing on the other side: the discount we were offered inside the Different Dog signup was larger than the one advertised on its public pages. Offers move faster than published guides do, which is why we take the figure from the funnel itself and stamp every page with the date we last checked.
Cheaper of the two for a typical 14kg adult dog
Bella & Duke£2.09/day · £63.62/month ongoing
Take either one on its own
What Bella & Duke costs
Prices by dog size, what the introductory offer does, and every brand we track that undercuts it.
What Different Dog costs
Prices by dog size, what the introductory offer does, and every brand we track that undercuts it.
Fresh food only
Raw, gently cooked and dehydrated plans compared without kibble in the ranking.
Gently cooked only
Butternut Box and Different Dog head to head, at the price that applies after the offer.
Bella & Duke vs Different Dog: your questions
Is Different Dog worth the difference?
That is a judgement about food rather than arithmetic, and this site only settles the arithmetic. What we can say is the size of the decision: the annual figures on this page put a number on it for a mid-size dog, and it is the largest number any pairing on this site produces. Whether the cooking, the sourcing and the presentation justify it is yours to weigh.
Do they feed similar amounts?
Closely, for a mid-size dog. Both calculate a daily portion from the dog's estimated energy needs rather than selling a fixed pack size, and their answers for the same dog land within a few percent of each other. The gap on the bill is a price gap, and not the result of one brand putting less in the bowl.
Is raw feeding safe to handle at home?
It needs ordinary kitchen care rather than anything specialised: defrost in the fridge, keep it away from ready-to-eat food, wash what it touched. Households with an immune-compromised member or a very young child sometimes decide against raw for that reason. Cooked plans avoid the question entirely, which is part of what the price difference buys.
Can I move between them without a gap in deliveries?
Yes. Both plans deliver on a repeating cycle you can bring forward or push back, so lining up a new first delivery against your last old one is a scheduling job rather than a problem. Allow for a transition week where you are feeding a mix, which the annual figures here do not include.