Aafco Cat Food Requirements. If you are in doubt about aafco’s guidelines for cat food, you can check these tables (tables 4, 7, and 8) for cats and kittens. A complete and balanced pet food must be substantiated for nutritional.
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The revised aafco dog and cat food nutrient profiles part 1: It is not a requirement to meet aafco standards in order to sell pet food, so buyers beware. The aafco dog and cat food nutrient profiles and the aafco feeding protocols are the only methods recognized by aafco for substantiating the nutritional adequacy of complete and balanced dog or cat foods.
If you are in doubt about aafco’s guidelines for cat food, you can check these tables (tables 4, 7, and 8) for cats and kittens.
The nutritional claim on the cat food label should state the stage of a cat’s life cycle for which the food is complete and balanced, and that it meets the requirements of the aafco. Check the labels and compare products. “this product is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the aafco dog and cat food nutrient profiles for all life stages (or for growth).” rather than doing feed trials these manufacturers choose to formulate their food to meet aafco nutritional panels. The nrc charges a fee for their most recent book published in 2006, nutrient requirements of dogs and cats.
