{"topic_id":"fediaf_historical_2025_cat_per_1000kcal_me","category":"fediaf-historical","context":"---\ntopic_id: fediaf_historical_2025_cat_per_1000kcal_me\ncategory: fediaf-historical\ntitle: \"FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food (TABLE III-4b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME))\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines 2025\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-09-21\ntokens_estimated: 2217\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"FEDIAF historical nutrient tables\"\ncitation:\n authority: \"FEDIAF — Nutritional Guidelines for Pet Food\"\n title: \"FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food (TABLE III-4b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME))\"\n url: \"\"\n retrieved: \"2026-09-21\"\n ref: \"\"\n doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:std-body\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-09-21\n---\n\nFEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces **TABLE III-4b — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food, unit per 1000 kcal 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 1000 kcal 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.\n\nThe table below is a verbatim continuous slice of TABLE III-4b from the source PDF text.\n\n```\n\fTABLE III-4b. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food\nUnit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)\n\n Minimum Recommended Level Maximum\n\n Nutrient UNIT Adult based on MER of Growth (L) = EU legal limit\n / (given only on DM basis, see table III-4a)\n 75 kcal/kg 0.67\n 100 kcal/kg 0.67\n Reproduction (N) = nutritional\n Protein* g 83.30 62.50 70.00/75.00 -\n Arginine* g 3.30 2.50 2.68/2.78 Growth:\t\t 8.75 (N)\n Histidine g 0.87 0.65 0.83 -\n Isoleucine g 1.44 1.08 1.35\n Leucine g 3.40 2.55 3.20\n Lysine* g 1.13 0.85 2.13\n Methionine* g 0.57 0.43 1.10 Growth:\t\t 3.25 (N)\n Methionine + cystine* g 1.13 0.85 2.20\n Phenylalanine g 1.33 1.00 1.25\n Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 5.11 3.83 4.78\n Threonine g 1.73 1.30 1.63\n Tryptophan* g 0.44 0.33 0.40 Growth:\t\t 4.25 (N)\n Valine g 1.70 1.28 1.60\n Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.67 0.50 0.63\n Taurine (dry pet food)* g 0.33 0.25 0.25\n Fat* g 22.50 22.50 22.50\n Linoleic acid (ω-6) g 1.67 1.25 1.38\n Arachidonic acid (ω-6) mg 20.00 15.00 50.00\n Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.05\n EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.03\n Minerals\n Calcium* g 1.33 g 1.00 g 2.50 g\n Phosphorus* g 0.85 g\n 0.64 g\n 2.10 g f\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\n Potassium g 2.00 1.50 1.50\n\n Sodium* g 0.25 0.19 0.40 e\n\n\n Chloride g 0.39 0.29 0.60\n Magnesium* g 0.13 0.10 0.13\n Trace elements* \t\t\n Copper* mg 1.67 1.25 2.50 \t\t(L)\n Iodine* mg 0.43 0.33 0.45 \t\t(L)\n Iron* mg 26.70 20.00 20.00 \t\t(L)\n Manganese mg 1.67 1.25 2.50 \t\t(L)\n Selenium (wet diets) µg 87.50 65.00 75.00 \t\t(L)\n Selenium (dry diets) µg 70.00 52.50 75.00 \t\t(L)\n Zinc mg 25.00 18.80 18.80 \t\t(L)\n Vitamins\n Adult & Growth: 100 000 (N)\n Vitamin A* IU 1 110 833.00 2 250\n Reproduction: 83 325 (N)\n \t\t (L)\n Vitamin D* IU 83.30 62.50 70.00\n 7 500 (N)\n Vitamin E* IU 12.70 9.50 9.50\n Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 1.47 1.10 1.40\n Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) mg 1.05 0.80 0.80\n Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)* mg 1.92 1.44 1.43\n Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.83 0.63 0.63\n Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 5.87 4.40 4.50\n Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 10.50 8.00 8.00\n Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 253.00 188.00 188.00\n Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg 20.00 15.00 17.50\n Choline mg 800.00 600.00 600.00\n Vitamin K* µg - - -\n\nWhen a nutrient has an asterisk (*), additional information and substantiation references are available in Chapter 3.3.1.\nand 3.3.2. Footnotes a-h are summarised below Table III-4c.\n\nFEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025 Page 19 of 98\n```\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt` (faithful `pdftotext -layout` extraction of `pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.pdf`).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `\fTABLE III-4b. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food`\n- `Unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)`\n- ` Protein* g 83.30 62.50 70.00/75.00 -`\n- ` Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.67 0.50 0.63`\n- ` Vitamin D* IU 83.30 62.50 70.00`\n- ` Choline mg 800.00 600.00 600.00`\n- `FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025 Page 19 of 98`\n","sources":["FEDIAF — Nutritional Guidelines for Pet Food — FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food (TABLE III-4b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)) (retrieved 2026-09-21)"],"source":{"authority":"FEDIAF — Nutritional Guidelines for Pet Food","title":"FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food (TABLE III-4b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME))","url":"https://europeanpetfood.org/nutrition/","retrieved":"2026-09-21","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"FEDIAF historical nutrient tables","verification_file":"pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt"},"source_document":"FEDIAF historical nutrient tables","source_file":"pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":2217,"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.","structured_data":{"note":"The nutrient values in this topic are also available as structured data — faster and exact, no text parsing needed.","compare":"/api/v1/cross_compare?standards=AAFCO,FEDIAF,KFDA&species=cat&lifestage=adult&nutrient=protein&basis=DM","coverage":"Standards: AAFCO (year>=2014), FEDIAF (year>=2025), EU PARNUT (year>=2020), KFDA/NIAS Korea (year>=2024). species: dog|cat. lifestage: adult|GR (growth/puppy/kitten map to growth-reproduction). basis: DM|cal.","single":"/api/v1/nutrient?standard=FEDIAF&year=2025&species=cat&lifestage=adult&nutrient=protein&basis=DM","batch":"/api/v1/batch_nutrient?standard=FEDIAF&year=2025&species=cat&lifestage=adult&nutrients=protein,fat,calcium,phosphorus&basis=DM"}}