Table 1. Range of percent (%) of recommended allowance met for species and lifestage intended. Bolded values represent percentages below or above recommended allowances. Zero values indicate nutrients below detection levels, which were below the minimum requirement

Nutrient	Canine maintenance	Canine growth <14 weeks old	Canine growth >14 weeks old	Feline maintenance	Feline growth
Methionine	65–398	129–375	173–505	260–865*	106–334
Methionine + cystine	39–276	83–256	110–338	177–566	67–219
Taurine	ND	ND	ND	77–189	84–211
Total fat	155–457	100–288	100–288	95–162	95–162
Linoleic acid	131–1360**	131–894 +	131–894 +	255–1936 ++	603–1936 ++
Arachidonic acid	ND	ND	ND	108–276	32–83
EPA+DHA	0–83	0–33	0–33	0–55	0–55
Calcium	96–473	39–182	39–182	160–490	58–178
Phosphorus	177–496	63–112	63–112	242–412	81–149
Sodium	54–1603	123–315	123–315	251–1062	225–516
Chloride	73–2942	78–485	78–485	387–1524	87 ‐163
Zinc	74–399	93–359	93–359	120–485	119–479
Vitamin A	29–459	84–459	84–459	75–696	75–696
Cholecalciferol	0–450	0–564	0–564	0–446	0–693
Vitamin B12	0–19735	0–19735	0–19735	0–31862	0–31862

ND=recommended allowance not determined.

*Exceeds safe upper limit (SUL) by 13%; **Exceeds SUL by 130%; +Exceeds SUL by 51%; ++Exceeds SUL by 94%.