Table 5.

Protein: fat: carbohydrate ratio (CP: EE: NFE) and energy contribution (as energy percentage, %) of the analyzed commercial dog food

Item	CP: ME ratio	EE: ME ratio		NFE: ME ratio
1	30	28		42
2	27	24		49
3	31	29		40
4	30	21		49
5	39	33		28
6	36	44		20
7	34	38		28
8	33	29		38
9	41	38		21
10	37	37		26
11	30	39		31
12	26	32		42
13	22	38		40
14	22	40		38
15	38	41		21
16	37	36		27
17	34	48		18
18	29	34		37
19	29	29		42
20	28	35		37
21	24	20		56
22	23	21		56
23	27	16		57
24	30	17		53
25	23	30		47
26	24	24		52
27	24	23		53
28	26	27		47
29	25	28		47
30	29	32		39
31	26	31		43
32	31	32		37
33	31	23		46
34	29	20		51
35	32	22		46
36	23	20		57
Mean
Cereal-free foods	32:35:33
Cereal foods	27:25:48
Dietary recommendations (Hewson-Hughes et al. 2013)			30:63:7

CP crude protein, EE ether extract, NFE nitrogen free extract, ME metabolizable energy