{"topic_id":"fediaf_historical_2021_cat_adult_maintenance","category":"fediaf-historical","context":"---\ntopic_id: fediaf_historical_2021_cat_adult_maintenance\ncategory: fediaf-historical\ntitle: \"FEDIAF 2021 Nutritional Guidelines — complete cat food minimum recommended nutrient levels (adult maintenance, Table III-4a)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines 2021 (Publication 2021)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2021.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 1989\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\n---\n\nFEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces the **minimum recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food — adult maintenance** from the FEDIAF 2021 Nutritional Guidelines (edition: Publication October 2021                      Page   1 of 98). The values are expressed per 100 g dry matter (DM). The right-hand column gives maximums: \"(L) = EU legal limit\" and \"(N) = nutritional maximum\". Levels reflect minimum recommended amounts including a safety margin; they are not minimum requirements.\n\nThe table below is a verbatim continuous slice of Table III-4a from the source PDF text.\n\n```\n           TABLE III-4a.\n           Unit per 100 g dry matter (DM)\n                                                                       Minimum Recommended Level                 Maximum\n\n            Nutrient                        UNIT         Adult based on MER of                      Growth       (L) = EU legal limit\n                                                                                                       /\n                                                   75 kcal/kg   0.67\n                                                                             100 kcal/kg   0.67\n                                                                                                  Reproduction   (N) = nutritional\n            Protein*                         g        33.30                      25.00             28.00/30.00   -\n            Arginine*                        g         1.30                       1.00              1.07/1.11    Growth:\t\t                 3.50 (N)\n            Histidine                        g         0.35                       0.26                0.33       -\n            Isoleucine                       g         0.57                       0.43                0.54\n            Leucine                          g         1.36                       1.02                1.28\n            Lysine*                          g         0.45                       0.34                0.85\n            Methionine*                      g         0.23                       0.17                0.44       Growth:\t\t                 1.30 (N)\n            Methionine + cystine*            g         0.45                       0.34                0.88\n            Phenylalanine                    g         0.53                       0.40                0.50\n            Phenylalanine + tyrosine*        g         2.04                       1.53                1.91\n            Threonine                        g         0.69                       0.52                0.65\n            Tryptophan*                      g         0.17                       0.13                0.16       Growth:\t\t                 1.70 (N)\n            Valine                           g         0.68                       0.51                0.64\n            Taurine (canned pet food)*       g         0.27                       0.20                0.25\n            Taurine (dry pet food)*          g         0.13                       0.10                0.10\n            Fat*                             g         9.00                      9.00                 9.00\n            Linoleic acid (ω-6)              g         0.67                       0.50                0.55\n            Arachidonic acid (ω-6)          mg         8.00                       6.00                20.00\n            Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)*      g          -                          -                  0.02\n            EPA + DHA (ω-3)*                 g          -                          -                  0.01\n            Minerals\n            Calcium*                         g        0.53 g                     0.40 g               1.00 g\n            Phosphorus*                      g        0.35 g                     0.26 g               0.84 g     f\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                 Growth:\t\t                 1.5/1 (N)\n            Ca / P ratio\n                                                                                  1/1                            Adult:\t\t                   2/1 (N)\n\n            Potassium                        g         0.80                       0.60                0.60\n            Sodium*                          g         0.10                       0.08                0.16       e\n\n\n            Chloride                         g         0.15                       0.11                0.24       \t\t\n            Magnesium*                       g         0.05                       0.04                0.05\n            Trace elements*                                                                                          \t\t\n            Copper*                         mg         0.67                       0.50                1.00       \t\t2.80 (L)\n            Iodine*                         mg         0.17                       0.13                0.18       \t\t1.10 (L)\n            Iron*                           mg        10.70                       8.00                8.00                                68.18 (L)\n            Manganese                       mg         0.67                       0.50                1.00                                17.00 (L)\n            Selenium (wet diets)             µg       35.00                      26.00                30.00                               56.80 (L)d\n            Selenium (dry diets)             µg       28.00                      21.00                30.00                               56.80 (L)d\n            Zinc                            mg        10.00                       7.50                7.50                                22.70 (L)\n            Vitamins\n                                                                                                                 Adult & Growth:        40 000 (N)\n            Vitamin A*                       IU       444.00                    333.00               900.00\n                                                                                                                 Reproduction:          33 333 (N)\n                                                                                                                                           227 (L)\n            Vitamin D*                       IU       33.30                      25.00                28.00\n                                                                                                                                         3 000 (N)\n            Vitamin E*                       IU        5.07                       3.80                3.80\n            Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)*          mg         0.59                       0.44                0.55\n            Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)         mg         0.42                       0.32                0.32\n            Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)   mg         0.77                       0.58                0.57\n            Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)*        mg         0.33                       0.25                0.25\n            Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)*    µg        2.35                       1.76                1.80\n            Vitamin B3 (Niacin)*            mg         4.21                       3.20                3.20\n            Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)*         µg       101.00                     75.00                75.00\n            Vitamin B7 (Biotin)*             µg        8.00                       6.00                7.00\n            Choline                         mg        320.00                     240.00              240.00\n            Vitamin K*                       µg         -                          -                    -\n\n           When a nutrient has an asterisk (*), additional information and substantiation references are available in Chapter 3.3.1.\n           and 3.3.2. Footnotes a-h are summarised below Table III-4c.\n18 of 98   Page                                                                  FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication October 2021\n```\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2021.txt` (faithful `pdftotext -layout` extraction of `pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2021.pdf`).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `TABLE III-4a.`\n- `Protein*                         g        33.30                      25.00             28.00/30.00   -`\n- `Calcium*                         g        0.53 g                     0.40 g               1.00 g`\n- `Vitamin D*                       IU       33.30                      25.00                28.00`\n- `FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication October 2021                      Page   1 of 98`\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":786,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}