Freshpet Delivery Review 2025: Worth Switching?

Overview

Freshpet Delivery offers refrigerated meals for dogs crafted from high-quality, locally sourced ingredients. The recipes include US farm-raised meats, vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, and are free from preservatives, fillers, gluten, soy, meat meals, or by-products.

There are 4 recipes to choose from, including Shredded Chicken, a Multiprotein blend, Beef and Chicken, and a Beef, Turkey, and Lamb option. After a short quiz, you’ll get a recommended custom plan, but it's really flexible. You can choose between Full and Half options (and limited Topper offerings), or you can fully customize your order with the Make Your Own Plan option, adjusting recipes, quantities, and schedules.

Meals arrive refrigerated, ready to serve, and are shipped in recyclable packaging with eco-conscious insulation. Delivery frequency is flexible, ranging from 1-8 weeks depending on the plan. The easy-to-serve meals should be stored in the refrigerator, so you’ll need to make space, and once opened, they’ll keep for 7 days.

The service is not available in all zip codes yet, and there’s no trial option for new customers like many other subscription services offer. Despite these drawbacks, I think that Freshpet Delivery provides a lot of value, so it’s worth checking out.

Freshpet Delivery’s Meals: Healthy Recipes & Flexible Plans

Plans & Recipes: 4 Recipes for Dogs

Freshpet’s menu includes a decent selection of recipes so you can choose the ones your dog loves most. 

1. Shredded Chicken Recipe – combines US farm-raised chicken steam-cooked with pumpkin, cranberries, carrots, and green beans.

2. Multiprotein Recipe – combines US farm-raised chicken, beef, salmon, and egg with sweet potatoes, green beans, spinach, carrots, and cranberries.

3. Beef and Chicken Recipe (grain-free) – made with bite-sized pieces of US-raised beef and chicken alongside eggs, lentils, and colorful vegetables. 

4. Beef, Turkey, and Lamb Recipe – blends 3 proteins with antioxidant-rich vegetables and healthy fatty acids. 

After you complete the sign-up quiz, you’ll get a Recommended Plan, which personalizes delivery frequency and quantity based on your dog’s age, weight, and activity level. Freshpet Delivery offers Full and Half plans. The Full Plan covers 100% of your dog’s daily feeding requirements, while the Half Plan covers 50%, so you can combine Freshpet with your dog’s current food.

For even more flexibility, the Make Your Own Plan option allows you to fully customize your dog’s recipe selections, quantities, and delivery schedule. Not every service allows the level of flexibility you get with the Make Your Own Plan, so this was a nice touch. 

Most Freshpet recipes are formulated for all life stages, so puppy parents are also well catered to. You can add your puppy when building your plan. Because puppies’ nutritional needs and feeding amounts change rapidly as they grow, Freshpet Delivery gives feeding guidelines to help you adjust portion sizes for healthy growth. 

Treats are available, but you can’t browse these until you get to the recommended plan stage of signing up. I was offered Dognation® turkey bacon treats for dogs – grain-free treats that contain US-farm raised turkey and no by-products or artificial flavors.

Ingredients: Transparent Sourcing With No Preservatives

Freshpet Delivery prioritizes transparency and quality when it comes to ingredient sourcing. Its recipes are based on fresh meat, vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, with a commitment to sustainable practices. According to its website, 96% of the ingredients come from North America, while the remaining 4% are sourced from Europe and other non-Chinese origins.

All recipes are crafted without gluten, soy, fillers, added preservatives, meat meals, or by-product meals. The focus on visible, whole ingredients – such as recognizable pieces of chicken, beef, or vegetables – aligns with the trend toward healthier “real food” options for pets. 

Here’s the full ingredients list for the Shredded Chicken recipe, as an example: Chicken, Carrots, Pumpkin, Pea Protein, Pea Fiber, Ground Oats, Green Beans, Natural Flavors, Cranberries, Carrageenan, Cassia Gum, Salt, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate), Choline Chloride, Fish Oil, Sweet Potatoes, Spinach, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid).

Freshpet Delivery produces its foods in its own US-based Freshpet Kitchens. Freshpet gently steam-cooks its recipes instead of using high-heat extrusion or rendering, processes that can degrade the nutritional content of ingredients. The cooking method is designed to preserve nutrients while still making the food safe and palatable. 

Nutrition: Expert-Made Recipes to Meet Your Pet’s Needs

Freshpet Delivery shares the full Guaranteed Analysis of its meals upfront on its website. I like to see this, as some other brands make you go through the sign-up questionnaire before they share the details of each recipe.

Here’s an example analysis for the Shredded Chicken recipe:

• Crude protein – 16.5% min.

• Crude fat – 6.0% min.

• Crude fiber – 1.5% max.

• Moisture – 66.0% max.

All of Freshpet’s core recipes are formulated to be 100% complete and balanced, meeting the AAFCO nutritional standards for canine diets. This makes their meals suitable as a sole source of nutrition for dogs of most breeds and sizes. (The only exception is its line of treats, which are not intended to be complete meals but rather supplementary rewards.)

Each recipe is approved by Dr. Gerardo Perez-Camargo, Freshpet’s resident veterinarian and Head of R&D, who holds a PhD in Applied Biochemistry and Food Science. 

Freshpet has also established the Freshpet Nutrition Council, a group of board-certified veterinarians, veterinary nutritionists, and PhDs who guide and validate the company’s research. This external layer of review helps ensure that their products go beyond meeting the minimum requirements to provide balanced, safe nutrition over the long term. 

What Makes Freshpet Delivery Different?

• It’s been around for a long time: While Freshpet Delivery is new to the subscription market, Freshpet itself has been around for a long time (it was founded in 2006). There’s a level of trust that comes guaranteed with a legacy brand. 

• It’s also sold in stores: While Freshpet Delivery has been introduced for added convenience, the brand is also still available in 36,000 stores across the country. It can be nice to have both options, as most fresh subscription services are online only, and most shop-based brands don’t offer convenient subscriptions. 

Unboxing: Meals Arrive Refrigerated With Clear Instructions

The materials used for shipping are chosen with recycling in mind. Customers can recycle both the cardboard box and the ClimaCell insulation that protects the food during transit.

Freshpet Delivery is certified Plastic Neutral, and the company also supports rePurpose Global to help recover ocean-bound plastic. I like to see brands making an effort not just to offset plastic usage but also to support larger environmental initiatives connected to the pet food supply chain.