Most premium dog food arrives frozen, on a schedule, in an insulated box you have to be home for. There is a version that does not.
This page is written for owners in Santa Monica weighing up freeze-dried raw. The nutrition below holds wherever you live — what changes locally is delivery, not diet — so we would rather give you the substance than pad it with things we cannot actually verify about your city.
The quarter-bowl answer
Feed Loyal Saints as about 25% of the bowl, replacing a quarter of the existing food rather than adding on top. Because the food is concentrated rather than diluted, a quarter still puts real freeze-dried raw into every meal.
At Halo Club pricing that is about $4.04 a day for a 50 lb dog and $5.48 for a 75 lb dog.
What you are actually paying to ship
Fresh refrigerated food is roughly three-quarters water by weight. That water is portioned, chilled, packed with single-use coolant and driven to your door, then occupies your freezer until you use it.
Cold chain logistics is one of the most expensive ways to move anything, which is why it is normally reserved for medicine and seafood.
Shelf-stable changes the logistics
Freeze-drying removes the water before the food ships. No refrigeration, no thawing, no freezer shelf, no delivery window, and no ruined box if a courier runs a day late in July.
It also travels — a weekend away or a stay at the vet does not require a cooler.
Subscription without the lock-in
Auto-delivery exists so you do not run out mid-week, not to trap you. Skip, delay or cancel at any point, and Halo Club members hold 20% off every order rather than a first-box discount that quietly expires.
Why the bag can look part-empty
Freeze-dried pieces are light and irregular, so they settle in transit. The bag is filled to weight, not to volume.
A 14 oz bag is fourteen ounces, which works out to about 7.8 cups. Filling to visual fullness would make the amount you actually receive drift — and the feeding chart depends on it not drifting.
Reading a label without being misled
Guaranteed analysis is printed “as fed”, so it includes the food's moisture. A dry food and a wet food cannot have their protein percentages compared directly.
Convert to dry matter first: divide the protein percentage by the dry matter percentage, where dry matter is 100 minus moisture. A canned food at 10% protein and 75% moisture is 40% protein on a dry basis — higher than a kibble showing 30%.
Single protein, and why it matters practically
Every Loyal Saints bag contains one named animal protein — Beef, Chicken, or Turkey with Salmon.
Beyond ingredient purity, this has a practical consequence: if your dog reacts to something, a single-protein food lets you identify what it was. A recipe blending several proteins makes an elimination trial close to impossible.
How to judge whether it worked
Give it two weeks before deciding. Stool moves first, energy next, coat last. Changing two things at once means you will not know which one did it.
Common questions
How do I choose an interval?
Work it from the feeding chart, then adjust once after the first cycle.
Is there a subscriber discount?
Halo Club members hold 20% off every order, not just the first.
What if my delivery is delayed?
Nothing spoils. That is the practical advantage of shelf-stable over frozen.
