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• There are 164 ingredients shared by both cat and dog foods. • There were 8.65 million tons of food ingredients used in U.S. dog and cat food manufacturing with an ingredient value of $6.9 billion1. o There were 4.0 million tons of farm and farm-product processor ingredients valued at $1.4 billion.
Guide to understanding cat food and reading food labels: Cats are obligate carnivores, so they need high amount of protein and fat with very few carbohydrates. The sources of these nutrients should be primarily (over 80%) animal. If possible, you should have the diet as 50% (or more) wet food.
AAFCO Dog and Cat Food Nutrient Profiles. Introduction. The original Canine and Feline Nutrition Expert Subcommittees convened in 1990. were charged by the chair of the AAFCO Pet Food Committee to establish practical. nutrient profiles for both dog and cat foods based on commonly used ingredients.
The research finds that U.S. pet food manufacturers give back to the agricultural economy by using 8.65 million tons of animal and plant-based ingredients for dog and cat food to provide the complete nutrition that pets need, at a value of $6.9 billion.
7 gru 2017 · To determine the of the guaranteed analysis of 34 imported foods for dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, ornamental fish, and turtles and compare the results with the nutritional recommendations...
The companion PDF chart lists canned food in ascending order of phosphorus level. Please visit catinfo.org, as well as the bottom section of this chart, for more information regarding feline nutrition and other health care topics. Note that there is no dry kibble included here.
1 lip 2007 · This review covers methods that have been applied to study the nutrient value or quality of specific ingredients fed to dogs, cats and comparable species (i.e. foxes, minks, rats, etc.).
