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Safe Upper Limits for Cat Diets
When formulating a diet for cats, make sure there are no excesses of any nutrients. We will integrate safe upper limits into the stable (1.0) release. The following tables list the safe upper limits for key nutrients based on NRC-recommended allowances.
The 1.0 release of the software will automatically include these limits. For nutrients without safe upper limits, we will use arbitrary amounts (including amounts from the FEDIAF/AAFCO industry standards). We will also allow users to change these arbitrary amounts.
Note that kittens have more stringent requirements.
Kittens
Adult Cats
Late Gestation & Peak Lactation
Analyzing our Recipes
Below, the Recipe Balancer module shows the Nutrient Summary for the adult cat recipe, “Beef and Liver with Heart.” We compare the Nutrient Summary values with the values in the Adult Cats Table above. We want the values to be below the safe upper limit. The screenshot below highlights two different nutrients. The first nutrient component (Total Fat) is 283.74 %. This is below the safe upper limit of 366 % cited in the Adult Cats Table above. So this nutrient component is at a safe level for this recipe. Linoleic Acid, Vitamin A, and Vitamin D are all below the safe upper limits for adult cats stated above. However, the safe upper limit for Arachidonic Acid for adult cats is 3,333%, and our recipe is 6,332.25%, well above the safety level. This recipe needs to be altered to bring this nutrient component below the safe upper limit.
Comparing Total Fat and Arachidonic Acid in a recipe to safe upper limits.