Wellness Turkey Carb / Calorie

[snorton]

All - I am having a hard time figuring out how Wellness Grain-Free turkey is low carb. Yes, I was given an as fed value of 4% carb by Wellness, but if you remove the moisture and determine carbs per calorie it is roughly 16%. What am I missing? It is my understanding diabetic cat needs less than 10% of calories from carbs. My little guy is having a hard time getting regulated. I am confused and trying not to get frustrated. Help is appreciated.

 

[Ry & Scooter]

Can you post the numbers Wellness gave you? As fed and dry matter basis are two different things.

My cat is very well regulated on 0.25u and frequently eats Wellness turkey. He just had some yesterday. I think there may be a math issue.

 

[squeem3]

Have you seen the Pet Food Nutritional Values Comparision chart and Hobo's Guide To Nutritional Values? Wellness is listed there.

There is a more detailed explanation here of how to calculate out the nutritional values: http://binkyspage.tripod.com/foodfaq.html

 

[Ann & Tess GA]

The numbers you are seeing used around here are Metabolize Energy (ME) which is % of calories from protein, fat and carbs. There are a couple extra steps in the calculation to figure it out. Check out Dr. Lisa's page on Canned Food: Calculating Percentage of Carbohydrates too.

 

[snorton]

Below is the information from both the Wellness website and Customer Service. The protein, fat, fiber,and ash from as fed plus moisture from Guaranteed analysis add up to more than 100%. I guess I am just having # overload and a hard time getting the pieces to fit, so the metabolized energy #s aren't making sense.

Metabolized energy values received via email from Wellness
% Calories from Protein 31%
% calories from Fat 65%
%Calories from Carbs 4%

as fed per can from website
Protein: 12.4  
Fat: 10.6%  
Fiber: 0.27%  
Met. Energy (Kcal/kg): 1,398  
Ash: 1.8%  
Magnesium: 0.02%  
Taurine: 0.15%

Moisture is 78%
 
Calories Analysis (calories per can)
5.5oz 218
3 oz. can 119  
5.5 oz. can 218  
12.5 oz. can 495  
Fat: 10.6%  
Fiber: 0.27%  
Met. Energy (Kcal/kg): 1,398  
Ash: 1.8%  
Magnesium: 0.02%  
Taurine: 0.15%  
Calories Analysis (calories per can)
3 oz. can 119  
5.5 oz. can 218  
12.5 oz. can 495