Table 3.
Nutrient composition of the complete dry diet and snacks as used in this study and the National research Council (NRC) requirements for adult cats and kittens
| Nutrients | Analysis method | Diet | Snack | Diet | Snack | Diet | Snack | Adult cat | Adult cat | 800 g kitten | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | (as fed) | (as fed) | (DMa) | (DM) | Unit | |||||||
| Moisture | CE N°152/2009 | g/100 g | 7.2 | 8.1 | ||||||||
| Protein | AOAC 990.03/NF V18-120 | g/100 g | 28.7 | 28.2 | 30.9 | 30.7 | g/1000 kcal | 77.8 | 74.5 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 56.3 |
| Fat | AOAC 954.02 | g/100 g | 11.8 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 13.8 | g/1000 kcal | 32.1 | 33.5 | NDb | 22.5 | 22.5 |
| Ash | AOAC 942.05 | g/100 g | 7.6 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 6.3 | g/1000 kcal | 20.5 | 15.3 | |||
| Crude fiber | AOCS Ba6-05 | g/100 g | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | g/1000 kcal | 7.3 | 5.3 | |||
| Nitrogen free extract | calculated | g/100 g | 42.1 | 43.2 | 45.3 | 47.0 | g/1000 kcal | 114.0 | 114.2 | |||
| Starch | DIR. 72/199/CEE | g/100 g | 30.5 | ND | 32.9 | ND | g/1000 kcal | 82.7 | ND | |||
| Methionine | CE N° 152/2009 | g/100 g | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.51 | g/1000 kcal | 1.22 | 1.24 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 1.10 |
| Cystine | CE N° 152/2009 | g/100 g | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.71 | g/1000 kcal | 1.73 | 1.72 | |||
| methionine + cystine | CE N° 152/2009 | g/100 g | 1.09 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.22 | g/1000 kcal | 2.95 | 2.96 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 2.20 |
| Choline | Ionic Cromatography | g/100 g | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.26 | g/1000 kcal | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.51 | 0.64 | 0.64 |
| Taurine | HPLC | g/100 g | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 | g/1000 kcal | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Betaine | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||||||
| Folate (Vitamine B9) | HPLC | mg/kg | 2.81 | 1.93 | 3.03 | 2.10 | mg/1000 kcal | 0.76 | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Cobalamine (Vitamine B12) | HPLC | μg/kg | 40.00 | 30.00 | 43.09 | 32.64 | μg/1000 kcal | 10.84 | 7.93 | ND | 5.60 | 5.60 |
| added Pyridoxine (Vitamine B6) | AOCS Ba6-05 | mg/kg | 10.39 | 8.55 | 11.19 | 9.30 | mg/1000 kcal | 2.82 | 2.26 | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.63 |
| calculated ME (NRC 2006) [26] | calculated | kcal/kg | 3689.0 | 3784.0 | 3973.9 | 4117.5 |
a DM dry matter
b ND not determined