Sentences with phrase «foods on a dry matter basis»

To compare foods on a dry matter basis rather than on as fed, you need to exclude the portion of the food that is moisture.

Not exact matches

On a dry matter basis this food has 46.67 protein, 24.4 percent fat, 2.7 percent fiber (rather low), and 13.3 percent carbohydrates — very low.

On a dry matter basis this dog food provides 57 % of crude protein, which is well above the government's recommendations.

This is why it's always necessary to make conversions so you can compare canned foods and kibbles on a dry matter basis in terms of their percentage protein, fat, and other ingredients.

On a dry matter basis this food contains about 43 percent carbohydrates.

On a dry matter basis this food contains approximately 36.6 percent protein; 40.9 percent fat; 4.5 percent fiber; and 5.3 percent carbohydrates.

A rule of thumb is that phosphate levels in food should be below 0.5 % on a dry matter basis, but I believe the only diets that are that low in phosphate are the so - called prescription diets, and they are too low in protein.

Because canned food contains a great deal of moisture, the protein percentage will look quite small unless it's calculated on the basis of dry matter.

On a dry matter basis, this food contains a reasonable amount of protein and a moderately high quantity of fat.

On a dry matter basis this dog food contains 55 % of protein, a fat level of 36 % and estimated carbohydrates of about 1 %.

On a dry matter basis, this food is formulated to assemble the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO.

The food also contains an estimated 42.2 percent carbohydrates on a dry matter basis with is high, even if the grains used are of good quality.

Ingrid... would you consider sometime researching and posting information on The Conscious Cat site about protein levels of some of your preferred wet food brands, calculated on the basis of dry matter?

Remember when considering nutrient percentages in dog foods that there is a difference between the crude percentages provided in the guaranteed analysis on the label and the dry matter basis figures.

Figured on a dry matter basis, this food contains approximately 32.6 percent protein, much of it plant - based (corn); and about 14 percent fat.

Figured on a dry matter basis, this food contains approximately 29 percent protein and 11.6 percent fat.

On a dry matter basis, this food contains approximately 23.2 percent protein and 14.6 percent fat.

If protein matter is list - ed as 20 % on the pet food label, you must divide the 20 % protein by the 90 % dry matter to calculate the amount of protein on a dry matter basis.

Pet food manufacturers solve this problem by adding powdered bone meal or calcium carbonate to their pet diets until they contain 1 to 1.2 % calcium on a dry - matter basis.

So the dry food is only 23.7 % protein on a dry matter basis.

In order to figure out how much protein you are feeding, you have to figure out the amount of protein in each type of food, on a dry matter basis.

In general it is assumed that the protein percentage on the label of a canned food can be multiplied by a factor of 4 to get the amount of protein that is present on a dry matter basis.

If you use the information given in the guaranteed analysis to compare foods, it is essential to do it on a dry matter basis.

So the 8.5 % protein in the canned food becomes 34 % protein on a dry matter basis.

Puppies need about 1 % calcium, on a dry matter basis, for foods that provide 3.5 kcal / g ME (about the average).

For canned food it is reasonable to multiply the percentage of an ingredient on an «as fed» basis to a dry matter basis by multiplying it by 4.

On the other hand, the amount of water in dry food is only about 10 %, so it is reasonable to increase the protein level on the bag by 10 % to get the amount that would be present on a dry matter basiOn the other hand, the amount of water in dry food is only about 10 %, so it is reasonable to increase the protein level on the bag by 10 % to get the amount that would be present on a dry matter basion the bag by 10 % to get the amount that would be present on a dry matter basion a dry matter basis.

Canned foods often have 6 to 8 % fat on an as fed basis, which is 24 to 32 % fat on a dry matter basis.

That is why it is better to compare protein levels in foods on a «dry matter basis».

In this example, the food is 75 % moisture, which is 25 % on a dry matter basis.

I have not seen a figure for the maximum amount of calcium in very high energy foods but if a dog food provides less than 3.8 kilocalories of metabolizable energy per gram of food (< 3.8 kcal / g ME) then the calcium level in the food should not exceed 1.5 % on a dry matter basis.

In general, these foods contain at least 25 % protein (on a dry matter basis) with a total calorie count between 265 and 350 per 8 ounce cup or 13 ounce can.

On a dry matter basis, this food contains a fairly amount of protein and a moderately high quantity of fat.

In addition, this dog food includes 29 % carbohydrates on a dry matter basis.

On a dry matter basis, this dog food includes reasonable amounts of protein and fat.

On a dry matter basis, this food includes a low protein percentage and a low fat percentage for a first rate quality dog food.

On a dry matter basis, this food contains 31.1 percent protein and 18.9 percent fat.

It's normal for canned foods to contain more protein, on a dry matter basis, than kibbles, and that's the case with this food.

If we allow for about 8 percent ash (the mineral content of the food), then this food contains about 40 percent carbohydrates on a dry matter basis.

In this example, on a dry matter basis the food is 45 % protein and 23 % fat.

On a dry matter basis, this food contains approximately 30.6 % protein and 12.5 % fat.

Figured on a dry matter basis, this food has about 38.6 percent protein, 31.8 percent fat, 6.8 percent fiber, and 22.7 percent carbs.

On a dry matter basis, this food is about 40 % crude protein minimum and 20.4 % crude fat minimum.

So if you are going to get a wet dog food, make sure to compute for its protein component on a dry matter weight basis.

However, since this food only has 22 percent protein on a dry matter basis, we are concerned that some of this protein comes from the less desirable plant - based peas in the food that is not as easy for dogs to absorb.

AAFCO (2008) recommends dog foods contain the following minimum nutrient values, calculated here on a dry matter basis:

At first glance, it might appear that the dry food has a higher amount of protein than the canned food — but this is not true on a dry matter basis which considers the food minus the water.

The 2014 AAFCO dog food nutrient profiles based on dry matter include:

We have no way of knowing exactly how much bison is really in this food, but let's just assume as an example that there's 15 % bison, 10 % chicken meal and 5 % turkey meal — which is probably pretty accurate, since this food only contains 27 % protein on a dry matter basis.

During 18 wk each group received isoenergetic dry food (∼ 15 kJ metabolizable energy / g) containing 31.6, 23.1 or 14.6 % protein on dry matter basis.