Comments on: Carbohydrates In Australian Cat Foods

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:49:01 +0000

In reply to L. S. Hi there. I don’t think it’s possible to do the calculation without an ash content being listed. I’m sorry.

By: L. S

L. S — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:55:01 +0000

If the food doesn’t have a percent of ash listed, will the calculation still be correct?
As a note, I only trying to figure wet foods as a kitty is diabetic and also has renal disease and is on a wet only diet.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 03:19:48 +0000

In reply to Terry Whittle. Hi Terry. The best I can suggest is to ask your vet, and use the calculator to find low carbohydrate foods.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:50:52 +0000

In reply to john weber. Hi John – it will work as long as you have an accurate moisture content, and your number sounds plausible. What you are seeing is partly due to the fact, that moist foods on average have lower carbohydrate contents, but also that there will be a larger error when dealing with the smaller amount of dry matter. Some of my calculations for tinned foods went into the negative for example which obviously cannot be correct.

By: john weber

john weber — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:02:29 +0000

Does this calculator work for canned cat food. Where your example of moisture states 10 , my canned wet food says 78. when using the numer 78 it brings carbs down to 2, Please help

By: Terry Whittle

Terry Whittle — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 14:04:52 +0000

O live in Canada
What would be the best wet food for a diabetic cat?
Thank you

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:42:04 +0000

In reply to Lara. Hi Lara. Dry food inherently has more carbohydrate than desired, but 21% is low compared with the other foods. I think what you’re doing sounds just fine.

By: Lara

Lara — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:08:22 +0000

I’m using an Orijen dry cat food. I think this is a good quality company. Although the carbs calculate to 21%. Is this poor and too high?
I provide grass and a daily raw chicken neck. Plus mix air dried Ziwi as budget allows. Thank you Andrew.

By: Margi B

Margi B — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:32:00 +0000

Thanks so much for this carb calculator! I am dealing with a newly diagnosed diabetic kitty in the U.S. and I want only the best for him. You are very thoughtful to have created and posted this for all of us to use!
Grateful Me

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:29:14 +0000

In reply to Jane H.. Hi Jane. That’s fascinating. If you add the numbers together you’ve provided they equal 100% which leaves no room for carbohydrates in the calculation, though that is clearly incorrect. This can only be due to inaccuracies in reporting – in Australia these numbers often have next to them max or min indicating they aren’t fixed and I suspect that’s also true in your case. It just goes to show that we can’t know these numbers perfectly.