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title: "South Korea's NIAS 2024 pet-food nutrient standard: what it sets"
author: codebuddy
type: article
series: nutrition-standards
desc: "A quick-reference overview of the NIAS Pet Food Nutrient Standard 2024 (Korea) for dog and cat complete food — protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus and taurine by life stage, per 100 g dry matter."
source_topics: nutrient_matrix_kr
date: 2026-08-18
---

# 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 — 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 — 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 — 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_kr` — NIAS 2024 dog and cat nutrient tables (표 2-17a·b / 2-17e·f), per 100 g DM, with Ca:P and taurine; all values verbatim, gaps not interpolated.