FEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces TABLE III-4c — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food, unit per MJ 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 MJ 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-4c from the source PDF text.
TABLE III-4c. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food
Unit per MJ 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 19.92 14.94 16.73/17.93 -
Arginine* g 0.80 0.60 0.64/1.00 Growth: 2.09 (N)
Histidine g 0.21 0.16 0.20 -
Isoleucine g 0.35 0.26 0.32
Leucine g 0.81 0.61 0.76
Lysine* g 0.27 0.20 0.51
Methionine* g 0.14 0.10 0.26 Growth: 0.78 (N)
Methionine + cystine* g 0.27 0.20 0.53
Phenylalanine g 0.32 0.24 0.30
Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 1.23 0.92 1.14
Threonine g 0.41 0.31 0.39
Tryptophan* g 0.11 0.08 0.10 Growth: 1.02 (N)
Valine g 0.41 0.31 0.38
Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.16 0.12 0.15
Taurine (dry pet food)* g 0.08 0.06 0.06
Fat* g 5.38 5.38 5.38
Linoleic acid (ω-6) g 0.40 0.30 0.33
Arachidonic acid (ω-6) mg 4.78 3.59 11.95
Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.01
EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.01
Minerals
Calcium* g 0.32 g 0.24 g 0.60 g
Phosphorus* g 0.20 g
0.15 g
0.50 g f
Growth: 1.5/1 (N)
Ca / P ratio 1/1
Adult: 2/1 (N)
Potassium g 0.48 0.36 0.36
Sodium* g 0.06 0.05 0.10 e
Chloride g 0.09 0.07 0.14
Magnesium* g 0.03 0.02 0.03
Trace elements*
Copper* mg 0.40 0.30 0.60 (L)
Iodine* mg 0.10 0.08 0.11 (L)
Iron* mg 6.37 4.78 4.78 (L)
Manganese mg 0.40 0.30 0.60 (L)
Selenium (wet diets) µg 20.90 15.50 17.90 (L)
Selenium (dry diets) µg 16.70 12.50 17.90 (L)
Zinc mg 5.98 4.48 4.48 (L)
Vitamins
Adult & Growth: 23 901 (N)
Vitamin A* IU 265.00 199.00 538.00
Reproduction: 19 917 (N)
(L)
Vitamin D* IU 19.90 14.90 16.70
1 793 (N)
Vitamin E* IU 3.03 2.30 2.30
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 0.35 0.26 0.33
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) mg 0.25 0.19 0.19
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)* mg 0.46 0.34 0.34
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.20 0.15 0.15
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 1.40 1.05 1.08
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 2.52 1.91 1.91
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 60.50 44.90 44.90
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg 4.78 3.59 4.18
Choline mg 191.00 143.00 143.00
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-4c. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat foodUnit per MJ of metabolisable energy (ME)Protein* g 19.92 14.94 16.73/17.93 -Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.16 0.12 0.15Vitamin D* IU 19.90 14.90 16.70Choline mg 191.00 143.00 143.0020 of 98 Page FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025