If you look at the ingredients, N-Bones are little more than gelatin, corn starch, and some chicken for flavor. Wait... I just looked at a newer package. Looks like they ditched the cornstarch. Good! Now it's (in order): soy protein, gelatin, wheat gluten, rosemary, ginger, chicken meal, taurine. Glad they got rid of the corn. In any case: I, too, think they are pretty expensive. I started to experiment with making my own a while back. I used just plain gelatin and low-sodium chicken broth, and that did not work too well. It's hard to get the right consistency... most often it turned out either like jello, or a rock. The problem is that there was no filler (like the soy protein, or formerly corn starch) to regulate the texture. I'm not a fan of the soy protein much, either, but I suppose it's better than corn. Does anybody know where to get chicken meal? I bet finely ground chicken meal plus chicken broth and gelatin would make fine "bones". I also haven't figured out what to use for a mold. I was putting it in the bottom of ice cube trays and figured I'd slice them up once cool. But that's too blocky. Lonny Eachus [Posted in FML 7699]