FEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces the minimum recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food — adult maintenance from the FEDIAF 2024 Nutritional Guidelines (edition: Publication July 2024 Page 3 of 98). The values are expressed per 100 g dry matter (DM). The right-hand column gives maximums: "(L) = EU legal limit" and "(N) = nutritional maximum". Levels reflect minimum recommended amounts including a safety margin; they are not minimum requirements.
The table below is a verbatim continuous slice of Table III-4a from the source PDF text.
TABLE III-4a.
Unit per 100 g dry matter (DM)
Minimum Recommended Level Maximum
Nutrient UNIT Adult based on MER of Growth (L) = EU legal limit
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75 kcal/kg 0.67
100 kcal/kg 0.67
Reproduction (N) = nutritional
Protein* g 33.30 25.00 28.00/30.00 -
Arginine* g 1.30 1.00 1.07/1.11 Growth: 3.50 (N)
Histidine g 0.35 0.26 0.33 -
Isoleucine g 0.57 0.43 0.54
Leucine g 1.36 1.02 1.28
Lysine* g 0.45 0.34 0.85
Methionine* g 0.23 0.17 0.44 Growth: 1.30 (N)
Methionine + cystine* g 0.45 0.34 0.88
Phenylalanine g 0.53 0.40 0.50
Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 2.04 1.53 1.91
Threonine g 0.69 0.52 0.65
Tryptophan* g 0.17 0.13 0.16 Growth: 1.70 (N)
Valine g 0.68 0.51 0.64
Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.27 0.20 0.25
Taurine (dry pet food)* g 0.13 0.10 0.10
Fat* g 9.00 9.00 9.00
Linoleic acid (ω-6) g 0.67 0.50 0.55
Arachidonic acid (ω-6) mg 8.00 6.00 20.00
Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.02
EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.01
Minerals
Calcium* g 0.53 g 0.40 g 1.00 g
Phosphorus* g 0.35 g 0.26 g 0.84 g f
Growth: 1.5/1 (N)
Ca / P ratio
1/1 Adult: 2/1 (N)
Potassium g 0.80 0.60 0.60
Sodium* g 0.10 0.08 0.16 e
Chloride g 0.15 0.11 0.24
Magnesium* g 0.05 0.04 0.05
Trace elements*
Copper* mg 0.67 0.50 1.00 2.80 (L)
Iodine* mg 0.17 0.13 0.18 1.10 (L)
Iron* mg 10.70 8.00 8.00 68.18 (L)
Manganese mg 0.67 0.50 1.00 17.00 (L)
Selenium (wet diets) µg 35.00 26.00 30.00 56.80 (L)d
Selenium (dry diets) µg 28.00 21.00 30.00 56.80 (L)d
Zinc mg 10.00 7.50 7.50 22.70 (L)
Vitamins
Adult & Growth: 40 000 (N)
Vitamin A* IU 444.00 333.00 900.00
Reproduction: 33 333 (N)
227 (L)
Vitamin D* IU 33.30 25.00 28.00
3 000 (N)
Vitamin E* IU 5.07 3.80 3.80
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 0.59 0.44 0.55
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) mg 0.42 0.32 0.32
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) mg 0.77 0.58 0.57
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.33 0.25 0.25
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 2.35 1.76 1.80
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 4.21 3.20 3.20
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 101.00 75.00 75.00
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg 8.00 6.00 7.00
Choline mg 320.00 240.00 240.00
Vitamin K* µg - - -
When a nutrient has an asterisk (*), additional information and substantiation references are available in Chapter 3.3.1.
and 3.3.2. Footnotes a-h are summarised below Table III-4c.
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TABLE III-4a.Protein* g 33.30 25.00 28.00/30.00 -Calcium* g 0.53 g 0.40 g 1.00 gVitamin D* IU 33.30 25.00 28.00FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication July 2024 Page 3 of 98