{"topic_id":"fediaf_historical_2025_cat_per_mj_me","category":"fediaf-historical","context":"---\ntopic_id: fediaf_historical_2025_cat_per_mj_me\ncategory: fediaf-historical\ntitle: \"FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food (TABLE III-4c, unit per MJ 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: 2422\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-4c, unit per MJ 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-4c — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat 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_cat_adult_maintenance`, Table III-4a) 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-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-4c from the source PDF text.\n\n```\n\f TABLE III-4c. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food\n Unit per MJ 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 19.92 14.94 16.73/17.93 -\n Arginine* g 0.80 0.60 0.64/1.00 Growth:\t\t 2.09 (N)\n Histidine g 0.21 0.16 0.20 -\n Isoleucine g 0.35 0.26 0.32\n Leucine g 0.81 0.61 0.76\n Lysine* g 0.27 0.20 0.51\n Methionine* g 0.14 0.10 0.26 Growth:\t\t 0.78 (N)\n Methionine + cystine* g 0.27 0.20 0.53\n Phenylalanine g 0.32 0.24 0.30\n Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 1.23 0.92 1.14\n Threonine g 0.41 0.31 0.39\n Tryptophan* g 0.11 0.08 0.10 Growth:\t\t 1.02 (N)\n Valine g 0.41 0.31 0.38\n Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.16 0.12 0.15\n Taurine (dry pet food)* g 0.08 0.06 0.06\n Fat* g 5.38 5.38 5.38\n Linoleic acid (ω-6) g 0.40 0.30 0.33\n Arachidonic acid (ω-6) mg 4.78 3.59 11.95\n Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.01\n EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.01\n Minerals\n Calcium* g 0.32 g 0.24 g 0.60 g\n Phosphorus* g 0.20 g\n 0.15 g\n 0.50 g f\n\n\n\n\n Growth:\t\t 1.5/1 (N)\n Ca / P ratio 1/1\n Adult:\t\t 2/1 (N)\n\n Potassium g 0.48 0.36 0.36\n Sodium* g 0.06 0.05 0.10 e\n\n\n Chloride g 0.09 0.07 0.14\n Magnesium* g 0.03 0.02 0.03\n Trace elements* \t\t\n Copper* mg 0.40 0.30 0.60 \t\t (L)\n Iodine* mg 0.10 0.08 0.11 \t\t (L)\n Iron* mg 6.37 4.78 4.78 \t\t (L)\n Manganese mg 0.40 0.30 0.60 \t\t (L)\n Selenium (wet diets) µg 20.90 15.50 17.90 \t\t (L)\n Selenium (dry diets) µg 16.70 12.50 17.90 \t\t (L)\n Zinc mg 5.98 4.48 4.48 \t\t (L)\n Vitamins\n Adult & Growth: 23 901 (N)\n Vitamin A* IU 265.00 199.00 538.00\n Reproduction: 19 917 (N)\n \t\t (L)\n Vitamin D* IU 19.90 14.90 16.70\n \t\t 1 793 (N)\n Vitamin E* IU 3.03 2.30 2.30\n Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 0.35 0.26 0.33\n Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) mg 0.25 0.19 0.19\n Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)* mg 0.46 0.34 0.34\n Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.20 0.15 0.15\n Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 1.40 1.05 1.08\n Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 2.52 1.91 1.91\n Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 60.50 44.90 44.90\n Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg 4.78 3.59 4.18\n Choline mg 191.00 143.00 143.00\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.\n\n20 of 98 Page FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025\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- `\f TABLE III-4c. Recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food`\n- ` Unit per MJ of metabolisable energy (ME)`\n- ` Protein* g 19.92 14.94 16.73/17.93 -`\n- ` Taurine (canned pet food)* g 0.16 0.12 0.15`\n- ` Vitamin D* IU 19.90 14.90 16.70`\n- ` Choline mg 191.00 143.00 143.00`\n- `20 of 98 Page FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025`\n","sources":["FEDIAF — Nutritional Guidelines for Pet Food — FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete cat food (TABLE III-4c, unit per MJ 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-4c, unit per MJ 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":2422,"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"}}