Table 2.
Chemical composition and number of diets with estimated nutrient content below the Fédération Européenne de L'industrie des Aliments Pour Animaux Familiers (FEDIAF)(13) recommendation for cat maintenance (n 26 diets)
(Medians and ranges; numbers and percentages)
| Concentration (units/MJ) | Below FEDIAF | Supplied by the diets below FEDIAF* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | FEDIAF (units/MJ) | Median | Range | Number | % | Median | Range |
| Protein (g) | 14·94 | 28·9 | 7·2–46·3 | 5 | 19·2 | 86·4 | 48–99·9 |
| Arginine (g) | 0·6 | 1·3 | 0·1–2·4 | 2 | 7·7 | 57·2 | 15·6–60·8 |
| Phenylalanine (g) | 0·24 | 0·9 | 0·07–1·7 | 1 | 3·8 | 29·9 | |
| Histidine (g) | 0·16 | 0·6 | 0·03–1·2 | 1 | 3·8 | 24·7 | |
| Isoleucine (g) | 0·26 | 0·9 | 0·07–1·95 | 1 | 3·8 | 25·5 | |
| Leucine (g) | 0·61 | 1·6 | 0·1–3·1 | 1 | 3·8 | 18 | |
| Lysine (g) | 0·27 | 1·6 | 0·1–3·4 | 1 | 3·8 | 43·2 | |
| Methionine (g) | 0·1 | 0·5 | 0·02–1·1 | 3 | 11·5 | 89·2 | 21·4–99·2 |
| Threonine (g) | 0·31 | 0·8 | 0·1–1·7 | 1 | 3·8 | 28·3 | |
| Tryptophan (g) | 0·08 | 0·2 | 0·01–0·45 | 5 | 19·2 | 89·4 | 20·9–95·7 |
| Valine (g) | 0·31 | 1·05 | 0·07–2·05 | 3 | 11·5 | 96·8 | 27–97·9 |
| Fat (g) | 5·38 | 7·75 | 2–18·16 | 6 | 23·1 | 94·3 | 38·7–95·7 |
| Ca (g) | 0·35 | 0·15 | 0·02–0·65 | 19 | 73·1 | 37·8 | 7–97·8 |
| P (g) | 0·3 | 0·24 | 0·1–0·8 | 17 | 65·4 | 69·8 | 29·6–95 |
| K (g) | 0·36 | 0·4 | 0·01–2·1 | 9 | 34·6 | 62·1 | 34·1–97·3 |
| Na (g) | 0·05 | 0·12 | 0·02–0·4 | 3 | 11·5 | 56·1 | 45·8–93·1 |
| Zn (mg) | 4·48 | 2·7 | 0·7–6·2 | 23 | 88·5 | 47·8 | 15·7–92·6 |
| Mg (g) | 0·02 | 0·04 | 0·01–0·14 | 6 | 23·1 | 71·8 | 44·5–78·1 |
| Cu (mg) | 0·3 | 0·2 | 0·03–4·9 | 18 | 69·2 | 35·2 | 12·2–88·7 |
| Se (μg) | 17·9 | 27 | 0·7–53 | 8 | 30·7 | 50·5 | 3·7–94·5 |
| Fe (mg) | 4·78 | 2·5 | 0·65–4·2 | 26 | 100 | 52·5 | 13·7–88·8 |
| Mn (mg) | 0·3 | 0·18 | 0·04–1·6 | 18 | 69·2 | 50·4 | 15–99·2 |
| Vitamin A (μg) | 59·67 | 665 | 0–18023 | 4 | 15·4 | 15·1 | 0–97·7 |
| Thiamine (mg) | 0·26 | 0·16 | 0·04–0·9 | 21 | 80·7 | 58·5 | 23·3–99 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0·19 | 0·52 | 0·03–1·3 | 3 | 11·5 | 57·1 | 17·2–85·6 |
| Niacin (mg) | 1·91 | 5·6 | 0·4–14·7 | 5 | 19·2 | 75·8 | 24·2–88·2 |
| Pantothenic acid (mg) | 0·34 | 1 | 0·25–3·8 | 2 | 7·7 | 83·4 | 74·2–92·6 |
| Pyridoxine (mg) | 0·15 | 0·3 | 0·1–1·3 | 4 | 15·4 | 83 | 69·2–97·5 |
| Vitamin B12 (μg) | 1·05 | 1·7 | 0–30 | 9 | 34·6 | 46·8 | 0–77·2 |
| Vitamin D (μg) | 0·5 | 0·4 | 0–2·4 | 13 | 50 | 28 | 0–91·3 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 2·3 | 0·7 | 0·007–13 | 22 | 84·6 | 26·7 | 3·5–75·2 |
| Choline (mg) | 143 | 102·7 | 6·8–262 | 18 | 69·2 | 42 | 7·8–93·8 |
*
Calculated as a percentage (minimum–maximum) of the FEDIAF recommendation.