FEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces the minimum recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food — adult maintenance from the FEDIAF 2021 Nutritional Guidelines (Publication October 2021 Page 1 of 98). Values are per 100 g dry matter (DM). The right-hand column gives maximums: "(L) = EU legal limit" and "(N) = nutritional maximum". Levels reflect minimum recommended amounts including a safety margin; they are not minimum requirements.
The table below is a verbatim continuous slice of Table III-3a from the source PDF text.
TABLE III-3a. Unit per 100 g dry matter (DM)
Minimum Recommended Level Maximum
Nutrient UNIT Adult - based on MER of Early Growth (L) = EU legal limit
Late Growth
(< 14 weeks) &
95 kcal/kg 0.75
110 kcal/kg 0.75 (≥ 14 weeks)
Reproduction (N) = nutritional
Protein* g 21.00 18.00 25.00 20.00 -
Arginine* g 0.60 0.52 0.82 0.74 -
Histidine g 0.27 0.23 0.39 0.25 -
Isoleucine g 0.53 0.46 0.65 0.50 -
Leucine g 0.95 0.82 1.29 0.80 -
Lysine* g 0.46 0.42 0.88 0.70 Growth: 2.80 (N)
Methionine* g 0.46 0.40 0.35 0.26 -
Methionine + cystine* g 0.88 0.76 0.70 0.53 -
Phenylalanine g 0.63 0.54 0.65 0.50 -
Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 1.03 0.89 1.30 1.00 -
Threonine g 0.60 0.52 0.81 0.64 -
Tryptophan g 0.20 0.17 0.23 0.21 -
Valine g 0.68 0.59 0.68 0.56 -
Fat* g 5.50 5.50 8.50 8.50 -
Linoleic acid (ω-6)* g 1.53 1.32 1.30 1.30 Early Growth: 6.50 (N)
Arachidonic acid (ω-6)* mg - - 30.00 30.00 -
Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.08 0.08 -
EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.05 0.05 -
Minerals
Adult: 2.50 (N)
0.80a
Calcium* g 0.58 0.50 1.00 Early growth: 1.60 (N)
1.00b
Late growth: 1.80 (N)
Adult: 1.60 (N)
Phosphorus* g 0.46 0.40 0.90 0.70
h
Adult: 2/1 (N)
Early growth & reprod.: 1.6/1 (N)
Ca / P ratio 1/1
Late growth: 1.8/1a (N) or
1.6/1b (N)
Potassium g 0.58 0.50 0.44 0.44 -
Sodium* g 0.12 0.10 0.22 0.22 c
Chloride g 0.17 0.15 0.33 0.33
c
Magnesium g 0.08 0.07 0.04 0.04 -
Trace elements*
Copper* mg 0.83 0.72 1.10 1.10 2.80 (L)
Iodine* mg 0.12 0.11 0.15 0.15 1.10 (L)
Iron* mg 4.17 3.60 8.80 8.80 68.18 (L)
Manganese mg 0.67 0.58 0.56 0.56 17.00 (L)
Selenium* (wet diets) µg 27.00 23.00 40.00 40.00 56.80 (L)d
Selenium* (dry diets) µg 22.00 18.00 40.00 40.00 56.80 (L)d
Zinc* mg 8.34 7.20 10.00 10.00 22.70 (L)
Vitamins
Vitamin A* IU 702.00 606.00 500.00 500.00 40 000 (N)
227.00 (L)
Vitamin D* IU 63.90 55.20 55.20 50.00
320.00 (N)
Vitamin E* IU 4.17 3.60 5.00 5.00
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 0.25 0.21 0.18 0.18 -
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)* mg 0.69 0.60 0.42 0.42 -
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)* mg 1.64 1.42 1.20 1.20 -
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.17 0.15 0.12 0.12 -
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 3.87 3.35 2.80 2.80 -
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 1.89 1.64 1.36 1.36 -
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 29.90 25.80 21.60 21.60 -
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg - - - - -
Choline mg 189.00 164.00 170.00 170.00 -
Vitamin K* µg - - - - -
When a nutrient has an asterisk (*), additional information and substantiation references are available in Chapter 3.3.1.
and 3.3.2. Footnotes a-h are summarised below Table III-4c.
FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication October 2021 Page 15 of 98Source: pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2021.txt (faithful pdftotext -layout extraction of pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2021.pdf).
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TABLE III-3a. Unit per 100 g dry matter (DM)Protein* g 21.00 18.00 25.00 20.00 -Calcium* g 0.58 0.50 1.00 Early growth: 1.60 (N)Vitamin D* IU 63.90 55.20 55.20 50.00FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication October 2021 Page 1 of 98