Stella and Chewy's

[Hosanna]

Does anyone feed their diabetic cats Stella & Chewy's freeze dried raw food? Both my cats love it, and I enjoy feeding it to them, but I need to keep Martha's carbs really low and there seems to be dispute as to the carb count in this food. If I subtract the G.A. from 100% I get about 24% carbs. But looking over the ingredients, there does not seem like much in there to cause this high a carb count. This is the information I have from Stella & Chewy's website:

Ingredients: Turkey (ground with bone), Turkey Liver, Turkey Gizzard, Pumpkin Seed, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Phosphate Monobasic, Choline Chloride, Dried Pediococcus acidilactici fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Dried Bifidobacterium longum fermentation product, Dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, Taurine, Tocopherols (preservative), Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Riboflavin, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin B12 Supplement.

Guaranteed Analysis:
crude protein.……min 40.0%
crude fat…………min 35.0%
crude fiber……......max 1.0%
moisture………….max 5.0%
taurine…………..min 0.25%

Thanks so much.

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

You can't use the guaranteed analysis to determine the carb count. You need the "as fed" values. You may need to get that information from the manufacturer. When you have minimum and maximum values, you haven't any idea what to base the calculations on. There is a calculation format you'll need to do. It's not a simple subtraction.