It is the state feed control official s responsibility in regulating pet food to ensure that the laws and rules.
Aafco approved dry cat food.
The aafco dog and cat food nutrient profiles and the aafco feeding protocols are the only methods recognized by aafco for substantiating the nutritional adequacy of complete and balanced dog or cat foods.
According to a 2011 presentation in the british journal of nutrition estimation of the dietary nutrient profile of free roaming feral cats.
If a product is substantiated by a feeding trial and does not meet the aafco dog or cat food nutrient profiles the.
One was created specifically for kitten nutrition and the other applies to adult cat nutrition maintenance.
The cat s natural diet.
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There are two different profiles for cat food nutrition.
Aafco does not regulate test approve or certify pet foods in any way.
The aafco dog and cat food nutrient profiles express nutrient levels on a dry matter or moisture free basis.
Most of us have learned to check the ingredients list on cat food but there s another set of information that merits your attention.
Understanding this information which is based on the association of american feed control officials aafco guidelines provides you with another important tool in the marketplace.
Hendriks the results show that feral cats are obligatory carnivores with their daily energy intake from crude.
But the guaranteed analysis on a pet food label expresses nutrient levels on an.