South Korea's NIAS 2024 pet-food nutrient standard
The NIAS Pet Food Nutrient Standard (2024), issued by Korea's RDA / MAFRA / NIAS, sets recommended nutrient content for complete dog and cat food. Values below are per 100 g dry matter (DM), NIAS min/max, and are verbatim from the cited topic.
Dog ā NIAS 2024 (% DM unless noted)
| Nutrient | Growth / reproduction | Adult |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crude protein (min) | 22.5 (early) / 20.0 (late) | 18.0 |
| Crude fat (min) | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Calcium (min / max) | 1.00 (early) / 0.80 (late) / max 2.5 (1.8) | 0.50 / max 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (min) | 0.90 / 0.70 | 0.40 (max 1.6) |
| Ca:P (min / max) | 1:1 / max 2:1 | 1:1 / max 2:1 |
Cat ā NIAS 2024 (% DM)
| Nutrient | Growth / reproduction | Adult |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crude protein (min) | 28.0 (growth) / 30.0 (reproduction) | 25.0 |
| Crude fat (min) | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Calcium (min) | 1.0 | 0.40 |
| Phosphorus (min) | 0.8 | 0.26 |
| Taurine (min) | canned 0.20 / dry 0.10 | canned 0.20 / dry 0.10 |
How NIAS lines up regionally
On a per-100 g DM basis, NIAS adult dog (protein 18.0, fat 5.5, Ca 0.50/max 2.5, P 0.40/max 1.6) is effectively identical to AAFCO 2026's adult dog floors and Ca ceiling ā the two standards agree closely for the adult baseline. NIAS also uniquely lists taurine for cats among the compared Asian/EU/US standards here.
Sources
nutrient_matrix_krā NIAS 2024 dog and cat nutrient tables (ķ 2-17aĀ·b / 2-17eĀ·f), per 100 g DM, with Ca:P and taurine; all values verbatim, gaps not interpolated.