Cat adult maintenance feed cost per tonne (cat)

Least-cost cost of a cat adult maintenance (cat) template formula, re-solved weekly at Feedsoft benchmark prices by market: history, what drove the change, the current mix and the ingredients close to entering it. Obligate carnivore. Taurine and arachidonic acid are dietary essentials a cat cannot make for itself, and magnesium is capped for the urinary tract.

Nutrient targets (as fed): ME cat ≥ 3.9 Mcal/kg, Crude protein ≥ 32 %, Taurine ≥ 0.15 %, Lysine ≥ 1.1 %, Methionine + cystine ≥ 0.85 %, Threonine ≥ 0.85 %, Tryptophan ≥ 0.25 %, Arginine ≥ 1.3 %, Calcium 1–1.6 %, Phosphorus (total) 0.8–1.4 %, Magnesium ≤ 0.12 %, Sodium 0.3–0.7 %, Ether extract (fat) ≥ 13 %, Linoleic acid ≥ 0.8 %, Arachidonic acid ≥ 0.02 %, Crude fiber ≤ 4 %, Ash ≤ 8.5 %.

Ingredients allowed: Poultry meal (pet grade) 0–45%, Fish meal 62% 0–12%, Dried egg product 0–8%, Potato protein concentrate 0–12%, Pea protein concentrate 55% 0–10%, Brewers rice 0–35%, Corn grain 0–25%, Beet pulp (dried pellets) 0–5%, Powdered cellulose 0–4%, Chicken fat (tocopherol preserved) 0–15%, Fish oil 0–2%, Poultry liver digest (palatant) 1.5–3%, Taurine (feed grade) 0–0.15%, Limestone 0–2%, Dicalcium phosphate 0–2%, Salt 0.3–0.7%, DL-Methionine 0–0.5%, Vitamin premix 0.2%, Trace mineral premix 0.15%.

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