Cheapest Black & Gold Dog Food in Australia
Where to buy Black & Gold cheapest in Australia: the cheapest retailer for each product, price per kg, and where to buy. Plus better-value alternatives if you're price-shopping.
Reviewed by the Dog Food Reviews editorial team
Independent scoringUpdated August 2026Not veterinary advice
Lowest per kg
$2.25/kg
Our score48 out of 100
Black & Gold product photography
- Best price per kg
- $2.25/kg
- Black & Gold Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 8kg
- Cost per day
- $1
- ~15kg dog
- Products indexed
- 1
- in our database
The quick answer
$2.25/kg
on Black & Gold Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 8kg · $1 a day for a ~15kg adult dog
Editorial estimate, not a retailer quote.
Best value pick
Black & Gold Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 8kg
We hold one Black & Gold product, estimated at $2.25/kg. 1 retailer in our index carry the brand, and the cheapest everyday price on each product is in the table below.
The field
Where Black & Gold sits on price per kilo
One tick per brand, at the lowest price per kilo we hold for it. The shaded band is the middle half of the market and the heavy rule is the median. Price is never coloured on the score ladder: a cheap food is not a good one.
- MinMin
- $2.25
- Q1Lower quartile
- $6.69
- MedianMedian
- $9.14
- Q3Upper quartile
- $10.61
- MaxMax
- $75
| Brand | Lowest price per kg |
|---|---|
| Black & Gold | $2.25 |
| Julius | $2.50 |
| Baxter's | $2.61 |
| Woofin' Good! | $2.72 |
| ProBalance | $4.94 |
| Leaps & Bounds | $7.27 |
| Petzyo | $7.74 |
| SavourLife | $8.06 |
| Black Hawk | $8.45 |
| Lyka | $8.95 |
| The Nosh Project | $9.33 |
| Providore | $9.58 |
| Meals for Mutts | $9.95 |
| Ivory Coat | $10.38 |
| Royal Canin | $10.60 |
| Scratch | $10.62 |
| Prime100 | $11 |
| Hill's Science Diet | $11.58 |
| Frontier Pets | $64 |
| ZIWI Peak | $75 |
Editorial estimates
The price table
Cheapest Black & Gold by product
Cheapest everyday retailer for each product in our index.
Prices checked· Editorial estimates
- Price per kg
- $2.25/kg
- Est. cost/day
- $1
- Cheapest at
- IGA
- Cheapest price
- $18
Stockists
Where to buy Black & Gold
Retailers offering the cheapest everyday price on Black & Gold in our index.
Cheapest at, by product
Licensed editorial photography
The detail
Where Black & Gold is actually sold
Black & Gold is Metcash's house brand for IGA and the independents, and IGA is the only retailer in our index that stocks it. The single product we price, the Adult Dry Beef & Vegetables 8kg, sits at an $18.00 shelf estimate: $2.25 per kg, the lowest figure in our index. All prices on this page are AUD editorial estimates, not retailer quotes.
IGA is a Metcash supplied network of independently owned supermarkets, so range and pricing move store to store. In our retailer index it scores 72/100 on pricing but only 43/100 on range, with delivery that is patchy and often in-store only. The cheapest Black & Gold near you is therefore whatever your local IGA prints on the shelf ticket this week.
One bag size, and what it does to the economics
Most budget brands reach their per-kg floor with a big bag. Black & Gold does it with a small one: the 8kg Beef & Vegetables is the only size we hold, yet its $2.25 per kg undercuts the 18kg bags of every other supermarket house brand on our estimates: Aldi's Julius at $2.50, Woolworths' Baxter's at $2.61, Coles' Woofin' Good! at $2.72.
The trade-off is bag life. At an estimated $1.00 a day for a roughly 15kg adult dog, an $18.00 bag covers about 18 days, so restock trips come more than twice as often as with the rivals' 18kg bags. With no larger size in our index, buying down the per-kg price with a bulk bag is simply not an option here.
No autoship, no member price: the IGA reality
The levers this site usually recommends are missing here. In our index IGA runs no autoship, no member pricing and no price match, and the Black & Gold 8kg holds a single everyday estimate of $18.00. The retailers that do run those programs, Pet Circle and Petbarn among them, do not stock Black & Gold at all, so there is no cheaper week to wait for.
If a recurring discount matters, change brand rather than timing. IGA also carries Black Hawk in our retailer index, and that food attracts subscription pricing elsewhere: the 20kg Adult Chicken & Rice lists at $156.00 on Pet Circle's subscription against $165.00 everyday, and $149.00 on Peto's plan. Nothing comparable applies to Black & Gold, whose price is whatever your local store charges.
Spending up from $2.25 per kg
Nothing in our index undercuts $2.25 per kg, so cheaper means sideways or up. Sideways buys little: Julius, Baxter's and Woofin' Good! cost 25 to 47 cents more per kg for the same cereals and meat meal first ingredient, and none of the four house brands scores higher than 50/100 overall. Black & Gold itself scores 44/100, with ingredients and transparency both at 40.
The move that changes the answer is upward. ProBalance Adult Chicken 18kg runs an estimated $1.50 a day, $89.00 at Budget Pet Products: 50 cents more a day for a 62/100 product against this bag's 48/100. SavourLife Original Adult Chicken 18kg is about $2.00 a day and rates 83/100, the brand 75/100 against Black & Gold's 44. That extra dollar a day buys the biggest quality jump on this page. Not veterinary advice.
The alternatives
Cheaper alternatives to Black & Gold
Scored on the same 100-point model and priced from the same index, so the comparison is like for like.
Black Hawk
Premium · Good
Fine on a discounted big bag if you choose a named-meat-first recipe, but don't assume the whole range is equal: the cheaper lines pad the panel with grain and rice, and a chunk of the price is reach and marketing rather than ingredients. Compare the specific formula on cost per kg against SavourLife and Ivory Coat.
- Value
- 74/100
- Ingredients
- 76/100
Best forEveryday feeding if you pick the right recipe
SavourLife
Premium · Good
Fair value and the rescue donations are real, not greenwash: but the food itself is good rather than exceptional, with mid-premium panels and a narrow range. Buy it because the per-kg value stacks up, not because the cause makes the ingredients better than they are.
- Value
- 78/100
- Ingredients
- 74/100
Best forValue-conscious feeders who want a clean enough panel
Ivory Coat
Premium · Good
A competent grain-free all-rounder, but it's mid-pack on every measure and now sits inside a big multi-brand portfolio where recipes have moved with ownership. Fine if the price is right on the day: just don't expect it to out-spec a more focused independent brand.
- Value
- 71/100
- Ingredients
- 73/100
Best forGrain-free everyday feeding where 'good enough' is fine
Common questions
Cheapest Black & Gold: FAQs
Short answers on buying this brand for less, using the same published estimates as the table above.
Prices checked
Entered and checked by hand
In our index, the best Black & Gold value is Black & Gold Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 8kg at $2.25/kg, cheapest at IGA. Online-only retailers like Pet Circle and Budget Pet Products are usually the price-to-beat. Always compare price per kg on the exact product.
Online-only stores like Pet Circle and Budget Pet Products often post the lowest everyday prices, while Petbarn is very competitive on member and Repeat Delivery pricing, with the bonus of stores nationwide. Compare price per kg whichever way you buy.
Buy the largest bag size you'll use before it goes stale, use subscription or autoship pricing where available, and compare price per kg rather than sticker price. The cheapest bag isn't always the cheapest feed once serving size is factored in.
If you're price-shopping, compare Black Hawk, SavourLife, Ivory Coat on price per kg and cost per day: you may get similar quality for less.
No. In our retailer index IGA has no subscription program, no member pricing and no price match, and the Black & Gold Adult Beef & Vegetables 8kg holds one everyday editorial estimate of $18.00 AUD. Because IGA stores are independently owned, the shelf price can differ from store to store, so the only check that matters is your local one.
Not from any specialist we track. IGA is the only retailer in our index that stocks Black & Gold, and IGA delivery varies by store and is often in-store only. The online retailers that usually set the price floor on other brands do not carry it, so in practice you pay whatever your local IGA charges.
It is the cheapest in our index: $2.25 per kg and an estimated $1.00 a day for a roughly 15kg adult dog, ahead of Aldi's Julius at $2.50 per kg and Woolworths' Baxter's at $2.61. It also carries our lowest brand score, 44/100. Both figures are editorial estimates built from published information, not shelf audits or feeding trials.
No. Dog Food Reviews is an independent value and comparison resource, not veterinary advice. Prices are illustrative and manually entered for v1, always confirm the live price with the retailer before buying.