Bugsy's Freeze-Dried Meals for Dogs & Cats

Bugsy's freeze-dried meals are complete, everyday food built on over 95% human-grade meat and organs, with pumpkin, apple and functional oils making up the balance. Freeze-drying removes moisture at low temperature rather than with heat, so the food keeps a raw-style nutrient and flavour profile while staying shelf-stable in your cupboard — no freezer space, no thawing.

The range runs on single novel proteins: kangaroo, venison and wild boar. None of them appear in mainstream pet food here, which makes them a useful starting point for pets working through food sensitivities.

Bugsy's is an Australian maker whose recipes come out of a decade of work on how diet shapes health outcomes in pets — formulated by a pet nutrition specialist with veterinary and animal-nutrition PhD input, made in Australia, and lab-tested batch by batch.

Separate formulas are made for dogs and for cats. They are not the same recipe in different bag sizes — cats have requirements dogs don't, and the cat range is balanced to meet them.

Which Freeze-Dried Meal Is Right for My Dog?

All three recipes are complete and balanced from puppyhood through adulthood, and all three are novel proteins. The choice usually comes down to how much fat your dog needs and what they have already eaten before.

Swipe the table sideways to see all three.

Kangaroo Venison Wild Boar
Protein 61% 58% 60%
Fat 20% 19% 12%
Energy 420 kcal
/100 g		 400 kcal
/100 g		 365 kcal
/100 g
Feed per day — typical adult dog
5 kg dog 70 g 70 g 77 g
10 kg dog 118 g 118 g 129 g
15 kg dog 160 g 160 g 175 g
20 kg dog 199 g 199 g 219 g
Choosing between them
Best for Dogs that have reacted to several proteins already, and active dogs who can carry the calories Rotating away from beef, chicken or lamb without dropping protein levels Dogs that need a leaner everyday meal, or are watching their weight
Novel protein A marsupial — unrelated to anything commonly used in pet food, so the cleanest choice for an elimination trial New to most dogs, though deer are ruminants like cattle and sheep Rarely fed, but the farmed pig is a domesticated wild boar — not novel if your dog has had pork
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Leaner recipes are less energy-dense, so wild boar needs a slightly larger daily portion than the other two despite carrying less fat. Feeding amounts are a starting point — adjust to your pet's daily activity level, and always have fresh water available.

Feeding Cats: Why the Recipes Are Different

Cats aren't small dogs. They're obligate carnivores, which means several nutrients they must get ready-made from animal tissue are ones a dog can make for itself — taurine, preformed vitamin A and arachidonic acid among them. A cat fed a canine recipe long-term can fall short on those even if the food looks similar in the bowl.

That's why Bugsy's formulates its cat range separately rather than selling the dog recipes in smaller bags. Same freeze-drying, same novel proteins, different nutrient targets.

Two things worth knowing before you switch a cat

  • Add water. Cats have a weak thirst drive and don't reliably drink enough to make up for a dry diet. Rehydrating a freeze-dried meal is more important for a cat than it is for a dog.
  • Go slowly. Cats are far more neophobic than dogs and can refuse an unfamiliar texture outright. Introduce a small amount alongside their current food and give it time rather than swapping the bowl over.
Kangaroo for cats Venison for cats Wild boar for cats
How to Serve & Store Freeze-Dried Meals

Three ways to serve

  • As a full meal. Add roughly equal parts warm water, stir, and leave it three to five minutes until it softens through. Worth doing for most pets — it adds moisture a low-moisture diet doesn't otherwise provide, and slows down fast eaters.
  • As a topper. Crumble it over the existing bowl, reducing the base meal so you aren't stacking calories. Useful for fussy eaters, pets coming off illness, and seniors whose appetite has dipped.
  • As a treat. Serve dry and break it into smaller pieces. The texture crumbles cleanly, which suits puppies, kittens and older pets with sore teeth.

Storing it in Singapore

  • Press the air out and reseal the pack fully after every use. Freeze-dried food takes moisture straight back out of the air, and humidity here doesn't let up, so a pack left open goes soft within days.
  • Keep it in a cupboard, out of direct sun and away from the sink or stove. No refrigeration needed.
  • Don't decant into an open jar. If you prefer a canister, keep the food in its resealed pack inside it.
  • Once rehydrated, treat it as fresh food. Serve it straight away and don't leave a wet bowl sitting out more than 20–30 minutes.

Because it needs no freezer and no prep, it also travels well — handy for boarding, holidays, or leaving clear instructions with a pet sitter.

About Bugsy's

Bugsy's began with a decade of research into the link between what pets eat and how their health turns out, and the range is built on what that work showed. Every recipe uses human-grade Australian meat, and the food is made in facilities run to human hygiene standards rather than pet-food ones.

The formulations are the work of pet nutrition specialist Joanne Cooper, developed with a panel of veterinary specialists and PhD-qualified animal nutritionists. Grains and starches are left out by design, and every batch is lab-tested before it leaves the factory in Australia.

Paws Avenue is the exclusive Singapore distributor for Bugsy's. The freeze-dried meals sit alongside their air-dried complete meals and functional freeze-dried treats — the full Bugsy's range is here.