Table 5. Cost per 1000 kcal of metabolizable energy of homemade and commercial therapeutic diets.

Homemade diets		Commercial diets
Chicken1	Beef2	Dry	Wet
US$/1000 kcal		US$/1000 kcal
Obesity (n = 11)
[2 homemade diets (1 with chicken and 1 with beef) and 9 commercial diets (8 dry and 1 wet)]
2.46	3.71	1.85	16.18
Congestive heart failure (n = 7)
[2 homemade diets (1 with chicken and 1 with beef) and 5 commercial diets (4 dry and 1 wet)]
2.46	3.71	1.85	10.92
Diabetes mellitus (n = 7)
[2 homemade diets (1 with chicken and 1 with beef) and 5 commercial diets (4 dry and 1 wet)]
2.77	3.94	2.23	20.91
Hepatic encephalopathy (n = 5)
[2 homemade diets (1 with chicken and 1 with beef) and 3 commercial diets (2 dry and 1 wet)]
3.03	3.21	1.98	10.05
Chronic kidney disease (n = 9)
[2 homemade diets (1 with chicken and 1 with beef) and 7 commercial diets (5 dry and 2 wet)]
3.08	3.19	2.67	8.16
Food hypersensitivity (n = 8)
[2 homemade diets (1 with tilapia and 1 with lamb) and 6 commercial diets (4 dry and 2 wet)]
1.97	5.12	1.89	15.01

¹For food hypersensitivity the protein source used was tilapia, instead of chicken;

²For food hypersensitivity the protein source used was lamb, instead of beef.