FEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces TABLE III-3c — recommended nutrient levels for complete dog 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_dog_adult_maintenance, Table III-3a) 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-3a); 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-3c from the source PDF text.
TABLE III-3c.
Recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food
Unit per MJ of metabolisable energy (ME)
Minimum Recommended Level Maximum
Nutrient UNIT Adult based on MER of Early Growth (L) = EU legal limit
Late Growth
(< 14 weeks) & (given only on DM basis, see table III-3a)
95 kcal/kg 0.75
110 kcal/kg 0.75 (≥ 14 weeks)
Reproduction (N) = nutritional
Protein* g 12.50 10.80 14.94 11.95 -
Arginine* g 0.36 0.31 0.49 0.44 -
Histidine g 0.16 0.14 0.23 0.15 -
Isoleucine g 0.32 0.27 0.39 0.30 -
Leucine g 0.57 0.49 0.77 0.48 -
Lysine* g 0.29 0.25 0.53 0.42 Growth: 1.67 (N)
Methionine* g 0.28 0.24 0.21 0.16 -
Methionine + cystine* g 0.53 0.46 0.42 0.32 -
Phenylalanine g 0.37 0.32 0.39 0.30 -
Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 0.62 0.53 0.78 0.60 -
Threonine g 0.36 0.31 0.48 0.38 -
Tryptophan g 0.12 0.10 0.14 0.13 -
Valine g 0.41 0.35 0.41 0.33 -
Fat* g 3.29 3.29 5.08 5.08 -
Linoleic acid (ω-6)* g 0.91 0.79 0.78 0.78 Early Growth: 3.88 (N)
Arachidonic acid (ω-6)* mg - - 17.90 17.90 -
Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.05 0.05 -
EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.03 0.03 -
Minerals
Adult: 1.49 (N)
0.48a
Calcium* g 0.35 0.30 0.60 Early growth: 0.96 (N)
0.60b
Late growth: 1.08 (N)
Adult: 0.96 (N)
Phosphorus* g 0.28 0.24 0.54 0.42 h
Adult: 2/1 (N)
Early growth & reprod.: 1.6/1 (N)
Ca / P ratio 1/1
Late growth: 1.8/1a (N) or
1.6/1b (N)
Potassium g 0.35 0.30 0.26 0.26 -
Sodium* g 0.07 0.06 0.13 0.13
c
Chloride g 0.10 0.09 0.20 0.20
c
Magnesium g 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.02 -
Trace elements*
Copper* mg 0.50 0.43 0.66 0.66 (L)
Iodine* mg 0.07 0.06 0.09 0.09 (L)
Iron* mg 2.49 2.15 5.26 5.26 (L)
Manganese mg 0.40 0.34 0.33 0.33 (L)
Selenium* (wet diets) µg 16.10 13.70 23.90 23.90 (L)
Selenium* (dry diets) µg 13.10 10.80 23.90 23.90 (L)
Zinc* mg 4.98 4.30 5.98 5.98 (L)
Vitamins
Vitamin A* IU 419.00 362.00 299.00 299.00 23 900 (N)
(L)
Vitamin D* IU 38.20 33.00 33.00 29.90
191.00 (N)
Vitamin E* IU 2.49 2.20 3.00 3.00
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 0.15 0.13 0.11 0.11 -
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)* mg 0.42 0.36 0.25 0.25 -
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)* mg 0.98 0.85 0.72 0.72 -
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.10 0.09 0.07 0.07 -
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 2.31 2.00 1.67 1.67 -
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 1.13 0.98 0.81 0.81 -
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 17.90 15.40 12.90 12.90 -
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg - - - - -
Choline mg 113.00 97.80 102.00 102.00 -
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-3c.Unit per MJ of metabolisable energy (ME)Protein* g 12.50 10.80 14.94 11.95 -Calcium* g 0.35 0.30 0.60 Early growth: 0.96 (N)Vitamin D* IU 38.20 33.00 33.00 29.90Choline mg 113.00 97.80 102.00 102.00 -FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025 Page 17 of 98