FEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces TABLE III-4b — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME) from the FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines (Publication September 2025). This is the same recommended-level dataset as the dry-matter table (fediaf_historical_2025_cat_adult_maintenance, Table III-4a) expressed on an energy basis: per 1000 kcal ME. As the table header states, maximum levels are given only on a dry-matter basis (see Table III-4a); the right-hand column therefore repeats the legal/nutritional maxima markers without DM values. 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-4b from the source PDF text.
TABLE III-4b. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food
Unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)
Minimum Recommended Level Maximum
Nutrient UNIT Adult based on MER of Growth (L) = EU legal limit
/ (given only on DM basis, see table III-4a)
75 kcal/kg 0.67
100 kcal/kg 0.67
Reproduction (N) = nutritional
Protein* g 83.30 62.50 70.00/75.00 -
Arginine* g 3.30 2.50 2.68/2.78 Growth: 8.75 (N)
Histidine g 0.87 0.65 0.83 -
Isoleucine g 1.44 1.08 1.35
Leucine g 3.40 2.55 3.20
Lysine* g 1.13 0.85 2.13
Methionine* g 0.57 0.43 1.10 Growth: 3.25 (N)
Methionine + cystine* g 1.13 0.85 2.20
Phenylalanine g 1.33 1.00 1.25
Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 5.11 3.83 4.78
Threonine g 1.73 1.30 1.63
Tryptophan* g 0.44 0.33 0.40 Growth: 4.25 (N)
Valine g 1.70 1.28 1.60
Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.67 0.50 0.63
Taurine (dry pet food)* g 0.33 0.25 0.25
Fat* g 22.50 22.50 22.50
Linoleic acid (ω-6) g 1.67 1.25 1.38
Arachidonic acid (ω-6) mg 20.00 15.00 50.00
Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.05
EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.03
Minerals
Calcium* g 1.33 g 1.00 g 2.50 g
Phosphorus* g 0.85 g
0.64 g
2.10 g f
Growth: 1.5/1 (N)
Ca / P ratio
1/1 Adult: 2/1 (N)
Potassium g 2.00 1.50 1.50
Sodium* g 0.25 0.19 0.40 e
Chloride g 0.39 0.29 0.60
Magnesium* g 0.13 0.10 0.13
Trace elements*
Copper* mg 1.67 1.25 2.50 (L)
Iodine* mg 0.43 0.33 0.45 (L)
Iron* mg 26.70 20.00 20.00 (L)
Manganese mg 1.67 1.25 2.50 (L)
Selenium (wet diets) µg 87.50 65.00 75.00 (L)
Selenium (dry diets) µg 70.00 52.50 75.00 (L)
Zinc mg 25.00 18.80 18.80 (L)
Vitamins
Adult & Growth: 100 000 (N)
Vitamin A* IU 1 110 833.00 2 250
Reproduction: 83 325 (N)
(L)
Vitamin D* IU 83.30 62.50 70.00
7 500 (N)
Vitamin E* IU 12.70 9.50 9.50
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 1.47 1.10 1.40
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) mg 1.05 0.80 0.80
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)* mg 1.92 1.44 1.43
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.83 0.63 0.63
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 5.87 4.40 4.50
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 10.50 8.00 8.00
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 253.00 188.00 188.00
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg 20.00 15.00 17.50
Choline mg 800.00 600.00 600.00
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-4b. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat foodUnit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)Protein* g 83.30 62.50 70.00/75.00 -Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.67 0.50 0.63Vitamin D* IU 83.30 62.50 70.00Choline mg 800.00 600.00 600.00FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025 Page 19 of 98