Cheapest Julius Dog Food in Australia
Where to buy Julius 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
$2.50/kg
Our score54 out of 100
Julius product photography
- Best price per kg
- $2.50/kg
- Julius Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 18kg
- Cost per day
- $1.10
- ~15kg dog
- Products indexed
- 1
- in our database
The quick answer
$2.50/kg
on Julius Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 18kg · $1.10 a day for a ~15kg adult dog
Editorial estimate, not a retailer quote.
Best value pick
Julius Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 18kg
We hold one Julius product, estimated at $2.50/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 Julius 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 Julius by product
Cheapest everyday retailer for each product in our index.
Prices checked· Editorial estimates
- Price per kg
- $2.50/kg
- Est. cost/day
- $1.10
- Cheapest at
- Aldi
- Cheapest price
- $45
Stockists
Where to buy Julius
Retailers offering the cheapest everyday price on Julius in our index.
Cheapest at, by product
Licensed editorial photography
The detail
One retailer, one price: the Julius price map
Julius is Aldi's own house brand, sold exclusively through Aldi, so the cheapest-retailer question has one answer. Of the ten retailers in our index, only Aldi carries it, and we hold one Julius pack: the Adult Dry Beef & Vegetables 18kg at $45.00 AUD. That is $2.50 per kg on our editorial estimates, about $1.10 a day for a 15kg adult dog.
With no second stockist, there is nothing to play the price against, and Aldi offers no price matching. Aldi scores 80 out of 100 on pricing but 45 on range, and that trade shows here: $2.50 per kg makes Julius the second-cheapest bag we hold, under Woolworths' Baxter's at $2.61 and Coles' Woofin' Good at $2.72, above Black & Gold's $2.25.
Bag-size economics when there is only one bag
There is no bag-size ladder on Julius. Our index holds a single pack, the 18kg Beef & Vegetables, so there is no small trial bag and no larger size at a better rate per kilo. At the estimated $1.10 a day for a 15kg adult dog, that $45 bag covers around 41 days, a shade under six weeks. Smaller dogs stretch it further.
The low per-kg figure is not a bulk effect. Black & Gold reaches $2.25 per kg from an 8kg bag, beating Julius from less than half the pack size, so the 18kg is simply the only Julius pack we price, not a volume tier. What $2.50 per kg buys: cereals and meat meal first, 18 per cent protein, 9 per cent fat, a product rating of 54.
No autoship, no member price: Julius has no timing lever
The levers that trim prices elsewhere never reach Julius. Aldi runs no pet subscription and no autoship, scoring 50 out of 100 on subscription, and there is no member or loyalty tier on the bag. Petbarn's Repeat Delivery and Pet Circle's autoship cannot help either: neither stocks the brand. The one Julius row we hold carries a single figure, $45 at Aldi.
Delivery timing is out as well. Aldi is in-store only in most areas, with no free-shipping threshold to plan around, part of why it scores 68 out of 100 on delivery. The fair comparison is not $45 against a rival's shelf price but against its subscription price: SavourLife Original 18kg drops to $131 on Pet Circle autoship, Black Hawk's 20kg to $149 at PETO. Every price here is an editorial estimate rather than a live feed.
Cheaper and better are not the same step
Only one bag in our index undercuts Julius per kilo: Black & Gold 8kg, estimated at $18, $2.25 per kg and about $1.00 a day. It rates 48 out of 100 against the Julius bag's 54, on a brand scoring 44 against Julius's 48, so those ten cents are a downgrade, not a saving. Woofin' Good costs more at $2.72 yet rates 56.
Spending up moves the figures. ProBalance Adult Chicken 18kg estimates at $89, $4.94 per kg and $1.50 a day, rating 62 with 23 per cent protein against Julius's 18. SavourLife Original 18kg runs about $2.00 a day and rates 83, on a brand scoring 75 against Julius's 48. That step is roughly 90 cents a day, near $330 a year. Not veterinary advice.
The alternatives
Cheaper alternatives to Julius
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 Julius: 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 Julius value is Julius Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Vegetables 18kg at $2.50/kg, cheapest at Aldi. 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.
Nothing in our data points to a lever. Aldi carries no price matching and no pet autoship, scoring 50 out of 100 on subscription in our index, and Julius is an Aldi house brand sold only through Aldi, so no second retailer competes on it. The single figure we hold is $45.00 AUD for the 18kg Adult Dry Beef & Vegetables bag, an editorial estimate working out at $2.50 per kg. Confirm the shelf price before you buy.
We record Julius as covering dry, wet and treat formats, but our index prices exactly one Julius item: the Adult Dry Beef & Vegetables 18kg, an editorial estimate of $45.00 AUD. Every figure on this page, the $2.50 per kg and the $1.10 estimated cost per day for a roughly 15kg adult dog, comes from that one bag. Aldi's range score of 45 out of 100 reflects the same narrowness on the shelf, where the aisle is essentially house brands.
Coles' Woofin' Good Beef & Vegetables 18kg, at $49 or $2.72 per kg and about $1.20 a day, rates 56 out of 100 against the Julius bag's 54. Step further and ProBalance Adult Chicken 18kg estimates at $89, $4.94 per kg and $1.50 a day, rating 62 with 23 per cent protein against the 18 per cent in Julius. All prices here are editorial estimates, and this is not veterinary advice.
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.