Finding the carb content of food (What is PawDiet showing?)

[orleans704]

I have a newly diagnosed diabetic cat (10 year old male). My question is about food. I’m looking for low carb food he will eat. In particular I think I’m looking for the dry matter carbohydrate content percentage. But this confuses me as every site shows a different percentage.

For example, Fancy Feast Chicken Feast Classic

CatInfo.org 3%
BiggerVet.com 4%
MyBeaconVet.com 4.09%
DiabeticCatHelp.com 6.81%
PawDiet.com 22.73%

What is PawDiet showing different than the others?

Thanks, Chris

 

[Sharon14]

Hi Chris, welcome! I don’t know why paw diet is so different. This is the food chart we use
http://catinfo.org/docs/CatFoodProteinFatCarbPhosphorusChart.pdf
It was done by a vet in the past year so the data is correct. Look for foods under 10 carbs.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

I think you mean PawDiet.com not PawDiet.org. By looking at this page
https://www.pawdiet.com/reviews/fan...c-tender-beef-and-chicken-feast-wet-cat-food/
it appears that the dry matter values are % weight, not % of calories. Tgis is becare the dry mater % includes fiber which does not have calories.

 

[orleans704]

I think you mean PawDiet.com not PawDiet.org. By looking at this page
https://www.pawdiet.com/reviews/fan...c-tender-beef-and-chicken-feast-wet-cat-food/
it appears that the dry matter values are % weight, not % of calories. Tgis is becare the dry mater % includes fiber which does not have calories.

PawDiet confirmed their data is calculated as percentage weight. That's too bad as its a nice site with lots of food data. Why would they do that? What usefulness is % weight?

 

[Larry and Kitties]

You can use a on-line clculator like this one to convert weight % to % calories
http://scheyderweb.com/cats/catfood.html