What is considered low-carb?

[ehsuan]

I've read the documents, and I can't seem to find what percentage of carbs is considered a low-carb food. Is it under 10%? 7%?


If anyone knows can you please post here.

I've been feeding my cat raw, but am not currently able to feed him that, so I need to use a low-carb wet food instead.

Thanks

 

[Carl & Polly & Bob (GA)]

The generic line in the sand we draw is 10% if there are no additional conditions requiring even lower carbs. I think if any CRF symptoms exist, the line is 7%. When people ask, my normal answer is "nothing higher than 10%, but the lower, the better" or words to that effect. If your kitty will eat FF, which is all Bob eats, many of them are 5% or less. The seafood varieties, on just about every brand, appear to be the lowest, but I try to avoid too much seafood with Bob. He does get fresh boiled shrimp as a treat, and shrimp has virtually no carbs from what I've looked up on nutrition sites.

Carl

 

[squeem3]

I've read the documents, and I can't seem to find what percentage of carbs is considered a low-carb food. Is it under 10%? 7%?

Low carb is generally considered under 10%.

Between 11% and 17% is medium carbs.

18% and over is high carb. These are typically gravy-based foods. Some non-gravy "junky" brands are high in carbs, like Science Diet.

Keep a few cans of medium and high carb canned foods in the house to use for a hypo. The higher amounts of carbs will help raise blood glucose levels to a safer level.

 

[Julia & Bandit (GA)]

Low carb is less than 10%, but some cats, like my Bandit, are very sensitive to carbs. His blood sugar will increase if I feed him anything above 7%. So I generally tell people to get foods less than 10%, but preferably less than 7% because most foods below 7% don't contain any grains.