Taste of the Wild Pacific

Emma had chronic UTIs for 3 years (until a new vet said, "HEY! Let's try a urine culture!";), BUT.... due to allergies, she's eaten mostly fish for most of her life. The puppy also eats mostly fish (because, hey, they're both dogs, and it's good food, dang it!). Neither has any UTI issues and their skin issues are minimized by a fish based diet. I'm not feeding kibble, ATM, but I did get a sample pack of that one, and they LOOOOVED it.

papillon806

The % is a little hard to judge because it depends on the % of the other nutrient values, and the dry weight of the total kibble in the bag.  You really need to know mg/kg of magnesium before you can determine if it's too high or not.  Even though CORE RF has the same %, it doesn't mean it's the same mg amount.

I thought the same % does mean its the same amt since everything is measured in kgs on a dry matter basis ?  so in effect it is measured in mg/kg you'd just need to convert mg to kgs which is simply a multiple of 1mm.  Is that not correct ?   Same as when we compare % protein in different bags of food.    The only difference might be any differences in moisture which could impact dry matter basis vs as fed amts.   Or maybe I need to go back to school for math LOL

JoAnnDe

papillon806

The % is a little hard to judge because it depends on the % of the other nutrient values, and the dry weight of the total kibble in the bag.  You really need to know mg/kg of magnesium before you can determine if it's too high or not.  Even though CORE RF has the same %, it doesn't mean it's the same mg amount.

I thought the same % does mean its the same amt since everything is measured in kgs on a dry matter basis ?  so in effect it is measured in mg/kg you'd just need to convert mg to kgs which is simply a multiple of 1mm.  Is that not correct ?   Same as when we compare % protein in different bags of food.    The only difference might be any differences in moisture which could impact dry matter basis vs as fed amts.   Or maybe I need to go back to school for math LOL

 lol no you have it right.  It's hard to explain, but comparing protein in % is more reliable because it is a large, "majority" number.  Comparing 0.13% magnesium in a food that has 20% protein, to a different food that has 0.13% magnesium and 30% protein is not accurate (therefore making the mg amount necessary to make a comparison between two totally different foods).