Table 2.

Declared vs. measured moisture, crude ash, minerals, and vitamin D3 content of kitten pet food (batch A and B). The data are expressed as %, or IU/100 g, of OS.

	Stated label amount	KPF batch A	KPF batch B	Mean ±SD*
Moisture (%)	76.0	79.33	78.92	79.13 ± 0.28
Crude ash (%)	2.0	1.09	1.17	1.13 ± 0.06
Calcium (%)	–	0.02	0.02	0.02 ± 0
Phosphorus (%)	–	0.14	0.14	0.14 ± 0
Vitamin D3 (IU)	–	35,600	19,000	27,300 ± 11,738

KPF, kitten pet food; OS, original substance (as fed basis); IU, international unit.

^*Data are expressed as the mean value ± SD of the two batches.