Thread: 2025 Cost/Kg survey

So it's 2025, it's time to buy some non-winter food and so it's time to look at current costs and compile a cost per kg.

Food cost per Kg	5Kg £/Kg	10Kg £/Kg	15Kg £/Kg	25Kg
Aquasource - Colour Boost		9 (90)
Aquasource - Growth		7.5 (75)
Aquasource - Balance		9 (90)
Aller Aqua Primo				1.70 (42.50)
Medikoi - Probiotic Growth	14.6 (73)	13.5 (135)
Medikoi - Health	12 (60)	10.5 (105)
Medikoi - Stable Colour	12 (60)	10.6 (105)
Hakari - Gold	14 (70)	10.9 (109)	-
Hakari - Staple	10 (50)	7.5 (75)	-
Hakari - Growth	-	-	-
Saki-Hikari - Colour	23.6 (118)		16.3 (245)
Saki-Hikari - Balance	18.9 (94.5)		11.3 (170)
Saki-Hikari - Growth	23.6 (118)	20.6 (206)	12.93 (194)

I've deliberately avoided the 3Kg and 2Kg because they're horrifically priced.
Note:
* I've also avoided JPD due to the impact on the water.
* Medikoi does use non-marine proteins from previous investigations.

There's definitely a £3-10 increase in some of the foods this year since Aug last year.

EDIT:
* updated with S-H 15Kg prices sans retailer points.
* I've nuked the 2Kg column in favour of adding 25Kg column for the Aller Primo.

Ordered Hakari Gold 10Kg, seems it did a decent job last year.

I may have to put the net up though, last year we had 7 magpies that gorged themselves. By the end of season looked chunky and very colourful plumage.

They've woken up and are searching/demanding food actively now.

your saki figures look a little high mate, where is that from?

prices on saki have gone up in the last couple of years, but not massively.
coastal koi prices...
https://coastal-koi.com/product-cate...ders/koi-food/

15kg of balance is £169.95 free delivery and £8.45 worth of voucher points effectively making it £161.50 £10.76/kg
15kg growth £193.95 free delivery and £9.65 in point so £184.30 £12.28/kg
15kg colour £245.95 free delivery and £12.25 in point so £233.70 £15.58/kg

but i usually wait until the national show as there are usually some good prices on food with a bit of haggling

Originally Posted by davethefish1

your saki figures look a little high mate, where is that from?

prices on saki have gone up in the last couple of years, but not massively.
coastal koi prices...
https://coastal-koi.com/product-cate...ders/koi-food/

15kg of balance is £169.95 free delivery and £8.45 worth of voucher points effectively making it £161.50 £10.76/kg
15kg growth £193.95 free delivery and £9.65 in point so £184.30 £12.28/kg
15kg colour £245.95 free delivery and £12.25 in point so £233.70 £15.58/kg

but i usually wait until the national show as there are usually some good prices on food with a bit of haggling

That was from Cotswold - mainly because they had included VAT vs some of the online non UK companies that popped up.

Will update that's obviously not including any retailer points system.

Aller Aqua Primo
£42.50 for 25kg
https://bulkfishpellets.co.uk/collec...ler-aqua-primo

£1.70 per kilo.

primo-float-plus

I'll add that to the list as it seems to be fish based rather than non-marine.

Originally Posted by Jedstone

Does any one use Takazumi at all ?

Someone asked that previously - specifically if it was another Coppens rebrand:

after countless hours researching....
my attitude to koi food is unless they say what factory actually makes the pellets... it's made by coppens.
the only possible reason for all the secrecy and not saying where the pellets are actually made, is to fool people into buying a product thats made by coppens....

Others indicated it left an oil slick and also the fish weren't too taken by it.

I have had 2 or 3 Takazumi varieties and my Koi loved it, no problems, no oily film, water discolouration or excess waste. The Easy sinking and Yugen were well liked and the High growth good for tosai.

No reson to think it's made by Coppens, https://takazumi.nl/about-us/?lang=en

Regarding the Orea float, at 33% protein The Koi will want more protein than that over the summer, but if you regularly feed them treats like mussels, prawn, calci worms that would help.

I got a bag of the Prima float plus to try out.
Seems ok to me, a little oily on my hands but none floats on the water and the koi seem to enjoy it.
I am mixing it with my normal food which has some colour in it,so will see how it goes.

seen there's a 'new' koi food doing the rounds on facebook and you tube.
'nutramare' £85 for 10kg
https://nutramare.co.uk/

shpeel says it's a german brand, the ingredients look a bit different,
the price isn't bad but i still think it's a bit close to saki prices to be a field tester for them
maybe when it's had 10 years results and won awards with fish at shows...
plus coppens being german and the only koi food manufacurer in the EU i know of....

Originally Posted by GaryMoz

unfortunatly they had none of the Prima Plus in stock so I had to go for the Bona Float, it's still 42% protein, 20kg for £35.35 it's worth a try

Hey Gary I had a look at that let me know what it's like,great price.