{"topic_id":"pfi-pflm_004","category":"us-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: pfi-pflm_004\ncategory: PFI-PFLM\ntitle: *Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient\nlang: en\nsource: pfi_pflm_faqs_202507.pdf\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-18\ntokens_estimated: 852\n---\n\n*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient\nProfiles\nPFLM Brown Rice & Chicken Meal Recipe Complete Dog Food is formulated to\nmeet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles\nfor All Life Stages, including growth of large size dogs (70lb or more as an adult).\n\nThis example properly uses the dagger for the calculated value and then as stipulated in PF5(a)(3)(ii) uses\nthe asterisk for the ‘*Not recognized’ disclaimer. How would you indicate the Brown rice as organic?\nNational Organic Program labeling allows organic ingredients to be indicated via an asterisk or another mark.\nSo you can use another symbol or follow asterisk standards and use two asterisks (as shown in example).\n\nHow do you label nutrition facts for a variety pack?\n\nLabels must state all required\ninformation in English. Commercial\nfeed may be additionally labeled\nin other languages if the other\nlanguage labels provide the same\ninformation as the English version\nof the label.\nThe Variety Pack option is\nspecifically only those products\nwhere multiple flavors come\nindividually packaged in one box,\nwhere as a variety pack would be\nmultiple flavors in one package,\nthen only one nutrition facts would\nbe allowed.\n\nAnother option of multilingual\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":852,"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."}